Massimo Carlotto & Mama Sabot

Massimo Carlotto is an Italian author known for noir and crime fiction. Mama Sabot is a collective of Sardinian writers who collaborated with Carlotto on Perdas De Fogu.

Massimo Carlotto was born in Padua (born 1956). Perdas De Fogu is presented in the review as the result of an in-depth investigation by Carlotto with nine Sardinian writers grouped under the collective name Mama Sabot and focuses on the Sardinian village Perdas De Fogu and a large military firing range.

Massimo Carlotto teams with the Sardinian collective Mama Sabot to investigate Perdas De Fogu, a village near what the review calls the largest firing range in Europe. The book uses a cinematic noir structure to present a journalistic, politically charged narrative. The reviewer praises characterisation and narrative drive but leaves the reader with anger and indignation.

For:Readers of noir and crime fiction; those interested in investigative narratives about Sardinia and the environmental/military impact on local communities.