Traitors to All (Italian: Traditori di tutti) is a 1966 detective novel by the Italian writer Giorgio Scerbanenco. It is known as Betrayal in the United Kingdom. It tells the story of a former medical doctor who becomes involved in a criminal plot involving a mysterious suitcase left with him. It is the second installment of Scerbanenco's Milano Quartet and follows A Private Venus.
| Author | Giorgio Scerbanenco |
|---|---|
| Original title | Traditori di tutti |
| Language | Italian |
| Publisher | Garzanti |
Publication date | 1966 |
| Publication place | Italy |
Published in English | 1970 |
| Pages | 187 |
Publication
editThe novel was originally published through Garzanti in Milan in 1966.[1] It first appeared in English in 1970, translated by Eileen Ellenbogen as Duca and the Milan Murders.[2] A new translation by Howard Curtis appeared in 2013 in the United Kingdom and 2014 in the United States.[3][4]
Reception
editIn 2013, Publishers Weekly described the book as an "excellent crime novel" and wrote that Scerbanenco "smartly and logically weaves all the various plot threads together".[5]
It received the French Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for best foreign novel in 1968.[6]
References
edit- ^ Traditori di tutti. OCLC 81679364. Retrieved 2016-09-24 – via WorldCat.
- ^ Duca and the Milan murders. OCLC 159913. Retrieved 2016-09-24 – via WorldCat.
- ^ Betrayal. OCLC 820779935. Retrieved 2016-09-24 – via WorldCat.
- ^ Traitors to all. OCLC 858357181. Retrieved 2016-09-24 – via WorldCat.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Betrayal by Giorgio Scerbanenco". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
- ^ "Guide des Prix littéraires" (in French). Le Rayon du Polar. p. 31. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
External links
edit- Italian publicity page (in Italian)
- American publicity page