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*''The Knight and Death'', Il cavaliere e la morte (1988)
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The protagonist of the book is a cultured and tenacious detective affected by a deadly disease (which is clearly a [[Cancer]], although it is never openly stated).
The detective, whose name we never learn (he is simply called "il Vice", as "the Vice Chief of Police") investigates the murder of lawyer Sandoz. His chief believes that Sandoz has been killed by a mysterious revolutionary group, but the detective is convinced that powerful businessman Aurispa is involved in the crime, and that the phoney revolutionary group has been created [[Ad hoc]] as a [[Scapegoat]] to cover up the real reasons behind the murder.
The novel is permeated by a sense of impending death, as the increasingly ill and tired "Vice" tries to unravel the mystery.
The title is a reference to the engraving [[:Image:Duerer - Ritter, Tod und Teufel (Der Reuther).jpg|Knight, Death, and the Devil]] by [[Albrecht Dürer]], often observed by the "Vice" as he thinks about his imminent death.
*''One Way Or Another''
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