The Lover of No Fixed Abode

Best crime novel in translation of 2024 shortlist

25 November, 2024

Welcome to the shortlist for the Best Crime Novel in Translation category of the Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2024, where we celebrate some of the finest international crime novels brought to life for English-reading audiences. This year, our shortlist includes books – all nominated by…

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The Lover of No Fixed Abode by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini

By Paul Burke

8 February, 2024

Translated by Gregory Dowling — It’s surprising it has taken so long for The Lover of No Fixed Abode to appear in English. Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini were highly respected Italian journalists and authors whose novels were bestsellers across Europe, a partnership that began…

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Interview: Gregory Dowling

By crimefictionlover

17 January, 2024

January 2024 will see the publication in English of The Lover of No Fixed Abode, a novel originally written by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini in 1986, which is set in Venice. With the authors are no longer available for interview, we decided to talk…

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On the Radar: A whole world of badness

By crimefictionlover

12 January, 2024

Let’s take a midwinter journey to parts far and wide with this week’s book news, starting in Argentina with an award-winning novel by Nicolás Ferraro. Also in translation, an Italian crime classic from Fruttero and Lucentini, while David McCloskey’s spooks take us to Moscow and…

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Best crime novel in translation of 2024 shortlist

The Lover of No Fixed Abode by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini

Interview: Gregory Dowling

On the Radar: A whole world of badness

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