Assistere a un suicidio non è cosa da tutti giorni, ancora meno se prima di gettarsi sotto la metropolitana, ti capita di incrociare lo sguardo della vittima. È questo l’incipit di Le regole del formicaio, debutto di Salvo Barone (alla sua seconda prova) con Todaro Edizioni. Il protagonista è Efisio Sorigu, commissario di provincia trasferito a Milano, che una mattina come tante altre si trova involontariamente coinvolto nel suicidio di a man, and though normally the case as soon as they are stored, that look does not convince the officer that pushed to seek the reasons for the neutral gesture. Soon the investigation will include a suicide and some other unusual bank robberies that seem to somehow follow a specific thread of Ariadne, prompting the commissioner to go to the bottom of the story.
The rules of the anthill is a novel, surprising, unusual in its kind. First of all because, despite the structure of a thriller, with characters and characters typical of the genre, does not have the key of yellow that is the mystery. The investigation by the Commissioner Sorigu, in fact, it takes a precise direction and not is not difficult to guess what will, at the same time it departs from the classic yellow for an almost documentary approach that the author seems more interested in the outline of the story rather than the facts themselves. Barone presents us with a very current Italian society, where politics and bad business mix and where, in the electoral campaign, the media (and thus popular opinion) is heavily influenced by a clear strategy. The Baron of Milan is a bustling metropolis, almost drifting, which at times recalls the Chicago of the '30s in the hands of organized crime, and with his team Sorigu "vivacchiano" trying to limit the damage. A vision the author sums up in a bitter end when the disillusionment is the dominant element.
Despite a fairly solid structure and story, the author's style is often too cumbersome, reading you the feeling of its excessive presence should be at the expense of the characters, the left margin. The same Sorigu is a man with whom you find it difficult to identify with, just does not know much about his past, his life is the most disorderly imaginable (and therefore also not very original, given the various commissioners narrated by the authors Italian ). The author tells too much, too often cut off talks with ideas that break the rhythm, and, paradoxically, is better the character of the inspector Ballabio, an almost alter ego of the Commissioner, much more direct and simple and just for trying affection and sympathy. Underdeveloped, in addition, the female characters, especially Charlie, the companion of the Commissioner, held the edge throughout the book as if it were only a noise effect.
Ultimately, it should be acknowledged in Barone that he took an interesting (but depressing) picture of Italy today and have documented thoroughly admirable to give a contemporary story, but when part of a documentary novel overwhelms the narrative, it is inevitable that the whole structure of the book are affected, especially when it comes to a detective story in which pathos and rhythm should be an integral and indispensable elements of the story.
Article by Marc Caputo Gagliani
details of the book
- Price € 16.00
- Publisher Todaro
- Necklace Footprints
- Release Date 01/10/2010 Pages 250
- Italian Language
- EAN 9788886981897
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