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| In late 2008, film studio ] announced its purchase of the film rights to ''The Monster of Florence''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=avww07YExLmY&refer=home |title='Monster of Florence' Murders Expose Dark Side of Tuscan City |last=Scherer |first=Steve |date=September 18, 2008 |publisher=] |accessdate=June 12, 2009}}</ref> | In late 2008, film studio ] announced its purchase of the film rights to ''The Monster of Florence''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=avww07YExLmY&refer=home |title='Monster of Florence' Murders Expose Dark Side of Tuscan City |last=Scherer |first=Steve |date=September 18, 2008 |publisher=] |accessdate=June 12, 2009}}</ref> | ||
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| * The ], a British student killed in Perugia whose case was also prosecuted by '''Giuliano Mignini''', a public prosecuting official portrayed as incompetent in the book by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi. | |||
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| Author | Douglas Preston Mario Spezi |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | True crime |
| Publisher | Grand Central Publishing |
| Publication date | June 10, 2008 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 336 |
| ISBN | 9780446581196 |
The Monster of Florence: A True Story is a 2008 true crime book by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi which received a B rating from Entertainment Weekly.. It concerns a series of murders that took place between 1968 and 1985 involving couples who were killed while having sex in their cars in deserted lanes around Florence.
Background
Preston is an American author of fiction and non-fiction books who moved to Florence, Italy with his family and became interested in the Monster of Florence case because the murders had taken place in the Tuscan countryside around Florence. Mario Spezi, the co-author of this book, is an Italian journalist who specialized in the Monster of Florence case for many years. Spezi and Preston became friends and then collaborated on articles and books about the case. They both became figures in the case when the Italian prosecutors came to suspect them and accuse them of crimes including obstruction of justice and potentially being accomplices to murder. The book recounts the authors' personal experiences while investigating the case and then their problems of being accused by the Italian criminal justice system. In the book they are outspoken critics of the tactics and theories pursued by the Italian police and prosecutors in the Monster case. In 2006 Preston published an article about the case in The Atlantic magazine (see External links below).
Film version
In late 2008, film studio United Artists announced its purchase of the film rights to The Monster of Florence
See also
- The murder of Meredith Kercher, a British student killed in Perugia whose case was also prosecuted by Giuliano Mignini, a public prosecuting official portrayed as incompetent in the book by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi.
- Monster of Florence
References
- "The Monster of Florence". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- "The Monster of Florence Book Review". Entertainment Weekly. June 13, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- Scherer, Steve (September 18, 2008). "'Monster of Florence' Murders Expose Dark Side of Tuscan City". Bloomberg News. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
External links
- "The Monster of Florence" - article in The Atlantic Magazine, July/ August 2006 by Douglas Preston (online article does not include photos and illustrations of the print version).
- The Journalist and the Murderer - The Atlantic magazine, July/August 2006, interview with Douglas Preston about his involvement in the case.
- The authors discuss the book and case
- The Boston Globe: Trapped in his own thriller
- Amanda Knox Prosecutor Charged With Abuse of Power
| Works by Douglas Preston and/or Lincoln Child | |
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| Agent Pendergast series |
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| Gideon Crew series |
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| Nora Kelly series |
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| Other novels |
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| Douglas Preston works |
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| Lincoln Child works |
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