“Ferocity resists classification as a whodunnit, focusing instead on the corruption coursing through a society desperate to seem more moneyed than it is, a masquerading city of “offices, courthouses, journalists, and sports clubs”. Lagioia reveals a flair for social satire, suggesting that Bari itself is complicit in the woe of its habitants, so keen to maintain a sense of swaggering “untouched privilege” at any cost.”
Read the full review in The Financial Times.
