Death in Perugia: The Definitive Account of the Meredith Kercher case from her murder to the acquittal of Raffaele Sollecito and Amanda Knox - Brossura

John Follain

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ISBN 10: 034099309X ISBN 13: 9780340993095

Casa editrice: Hodder & Stoughton General, 2012

Riassunto

Shortly after 12.30pm on 2 November 2007, Italian police were called to the Perugia home of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher. They found her body on the floor under a beige quilt. Her throat had been cut. Four days later, the prosecutor jailed Meredith's flatmate American student Amanda Knox, and Raffaele Sollecito, her Italian boyfriend. He also jailed Rudy Guede, an Ivory Coast drifter. Four years later Knox and Sollecito were acquitted amid chaotic scenes in front of the world's media. Uniquely based on four years of reporting and access to the complete case files, Death In Perugia takes readers on a riveting journey behind the scenes of the investigation, as John Follain shares the drama of the trials and appeal hearings he lived through. Including exclusive interviews with Meredith's friends and other key sources, Death in Perugia reveals how the Italian dream turned into a nightmare.

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Praise for THE LAST GODFATHERS:

'Detailed, persuasive, the right side of lurid, this is compelling.' (Telegraph)

'More detail and more gruesome colour than in any previous account. Follain musters this material with great skill into a compelling narrative. At the heart of the book there are two epic battles...an epic of modern police work and Follain brings it vividly to life.' (Independent)

'There s something disturbingly gripping about the relentless blood-spilling, feuds and betrayals; men taking life as breezily as if they were lifting a piece off a chessboard.' (Tobias Jones, Mail on Sunday)

Although the story has often been told, Follain brings real suspense to its retelling. His prose is gripping. (Misha Glenny, The Sunday Times)

'A terrific read...John Follain portrays the escalating savagery of Cosa Nostra's most notorious bosses with compelling rigour and verve.' (John Dickie, author of Cosa Nostra)

'A scintillating mixture of history, true crime and whodunnit, told both with restrained moral anger and the fascinating insights of the leading expert in his field. This well-researched, hard-hitting book is a fitting epitaph for the courageous Judge Falcone... Compulsively readable' --(Andrew Roberts)

'A gripping read: a balanced, detailed account that allows the reader to respond to the central question: did they or didn't they?... It's hard to imagine there will be a better book on the subject.' (Tobias Jones, The Observer )

'an excellent account of the tragedy and the very Italian drama that followed.' (Stephen Robinson, The Sunday Times - a Sunday Times 'MUST READ' )

'In a case as familiar as this has become, it is surprising to go over it from the start ... (DEATH IN PERUGIA) does a good job of reminding us that amid the reams of print and reel are human lives; some innocent and some guilty, but all irreparably disfigured by this horribly sad story.' (Ed Cumming, The Daily Telegraph )

'I've been absorbed all week by ... the enthralling, soon to be best seller, I'm sure, DEATH IN PERUGIA.' (Paul Holmes, The New Zealand Herald )

'A fascinating book.' (Ray D'Arcy, Today FM, Dublin )

'A hot-off-the press account of the riveting murder trial of American student Amanda Knox, accused with her boyfriend and a drifter of killing her flatmate Meredith Kercher.' (The Newcastle Herald )

'I was very much in the grip of this book. For two days I didn't switch on the TV ... Follain's account will trouble you for days.' (William Leith, The Evening Standard )

'Follain's impartiality works beautifully ... Follain always manages to bring humanity to the book in between the gory detail.' --(Tim Ellis, www.suite101.com, Vancouver )

'In a case as familiar as this has become, it is surprising to go over it from the start ... (DEATH IN PERUGIA) does a good job of reminding us that amid the reams of print and reel are human lives; some innocent and some guilty, but all irreparably disfigured by this horribly sad story.' --(Ed Cumming, The Daily Telegraph )

Descrizione del libro:

John Follain, who covers Italy for the Sunday Times, tells the definitive inside story of this extraordinary case.

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• Editore: Hodder & Stoughton General
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 034099309X
• ISBN 13: 9780340993095
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 464