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Author:

Lakhous, Amara, 1970- author.

Title:

Dispute over a very Italian piglet / Amara Lakhous ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.

Edition:

First publication 2014 by Europa Editions.

Publisher:

Europa Editions,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

162 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Turin (Italy)--Ethnic relations--Fiction.
Journalists--Turin--Turin--Fiction.
City and town life--Turin--Turin--Fiction.
Swine--Fiction.
Italy--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Goldstein, Ann, 1949- translator.

Other Titles:

Contesa per un maialino italianissimo a San Salvario. English

Notes:

Translation of: Contesa per un maialino italianissimo a San Salvario.

Summary:

In a few months Romania will join the European Union. Meanwhile, the northern Italian town of Turin has been rocked by a series of deadly crimes involving Albanians and Romanians. Is this the latest eruption of a clan feud dating back centuries, or is the trouble being incited by local organized crime syndicates who routinely "infect" neighborhoods and then "cleanse" them in order to earn big on property developments? Enzo Laganà, born in Turin to Southern Italian parents, is a journalist with a wry sense of humor who is determined to get to the bottom of this crime wave. But before he can do so, he has to settle a thorny issue concerning Gino, a small pig belonging to his Nigerian neighbor, Joseph. Who brought the pig to the neighborhood mosque? And for heaven's sake why?

ISBN:

1609451880 (paperback)
9781609451882 (paperback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)852221440

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)