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Massimo Carlotto was born in Padua, Italy. In addition to the many titles in his extremely popular “Alligator” series, he is also the author of
The Fugitive
,
Death's Dark Abyss
,
Poisonville
,
Bandit Love
, and
At the End of a Dull Day
. One of Italy's most popular authors and a major exponent of the Mediterranean Noir novel, Carlotto has been compared with many of the most important American hardboiled crime writers.