Fabio Pasquale, “Il lavoro della polvere”

It is rare that the debut novel by a little-known author is so sharp in content and lucid in form. “The work of the dust”, by Fabio Pasquale, is a very well written noir that keeps you nailed from the first to the last page.

The story is simple in its abnormality. A man kills a double to play dead and escape with the firm’s money. To do this, he will have to assume his identity for a few months, so as not to arouse suspicion. This is possible in a world where you have little attention for others, where you don’t look each other in the eye, where you don’t…