Nicola Lagioia
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Foto taget av: Conférence de presse de clôture Salon du livre de Turin 2018. commissaire général By ActuaLitté - Nicolas Lagioia, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75422683
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- Vedertaget namn
- Lagioia, Nicola
- Födelsedag
- 1973
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- Italië
- Land (för karta)
- Italia
- Födelseort
- Bari, Italië
- Bostadsorter
- Rome, Italië
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- Verk
- 16
- Även av
- 1
- Medlemmar
- 358
- Popularitet
- #66,978
- Betyg
- 3.3
- Recensioner
- 19
- ISBN
- 41
- Språk
- 8
I actually have mixed feelings about this volume. Not so much with the decision to create a fictional account or with the valuable element of looking beyond the simple equation murderer equals evil, but with how it was made into a sort of hybrid. If the "novel" was going to largely show the investigation Lagioia made, then do so straightforwardly. If he was going to fictionalize it, then make the novel the result of his investigation, not an author-centered account of it. Having said that, the writing and translation are good and my personal preference with how I would have liked the information to be presented is just that, a personal preference.
What makes this a more interesting true crime book than many is the attention given to familial issues, society, and place. Nothing happens in a vacuum and that includes murder. Looking at how various elements play into the crime does not make the murderers less responsible, it just shows that many things share the responsibility for what happened. Responsibility is different from guilt, especially legal guilt. Looking at family environment, societal dysfunction, and drug use don't excuse the criminal's act, but they do acknowledge what might have fed the impulse and thus offer some insight into how we can help limit future crimes. Simply labeling them as evil not only ignores our own part in it but gives the impression that all is well with society and the problem is just a few evil people. Kinda like the old "bad apple" excuse for widespread police violence and corruption in the US (and no doubt elsewhere).
This will be an excellent read for fans of true crime as well as those who study the bigger picture around crime, from psychological analyses to socio-economic conditions. This can easily be read for pleasure (to the extent reading about horrific crimes can be) as well as for analysis.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.… (mer)