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in Milan, Italy

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Horror, Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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John Wyndham, P. G. Wodehouse, Franz Kafka, Robert A. Heinlein

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Kfir Luzzatto was born and raised in Italy, and moved to Israel as a teenager. He acquired the love for the English language from his father, a former U.S. soldier, a voracious reader and a prolific writer. Kfir has a PhD in chemical engineering and works as a patent attorney. He lives in Omer, Israel, with his full-time partner, Esther, their four children, Michal, Lilach, Tamar and Yonatan, and the dog Elvis.

Kfir has published extensively in the professional and general press over the years. For almost four years he wrote a weekly "Patents" column in Globes (Israel’s financial newspaper). His non-fiction book, THE WORLD OF PATENTS, (a not-so-boring tale of what patents are about, in Hebrew) was published in 2002 by Globes Press. He is th...more

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Kfir Luzzatto's Books

Average rating: 3.97 · 86 ratings · 44 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Evelyn Project 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Italian Obsession 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Have Book, Will Travel 3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mortis Operandi by Kfir Luzzatto (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dru Pagliassotti (Editor), Leah Jay (Illustrator) 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Day Terrors by Kfir Luzzatto (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dru Pagliassotti (Editor), Michal Luzzatto (Cover Design) 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crossing the Meadow 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Odyssey Gene 2.67 of 5 stars 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ExtraLife, Inc. 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — expected publication 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phantom Lover 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	His Lighter Side 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kfir Luzzatto said "yes" to attending REGRET NO MORE LAUNCH - 9th April 2013 date: April 09, 2013 01:00AM location: Everywhere, The United Kingdom description: Just to add that REGRET NO MORE is now live: US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C8H6TFS UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00C8H6TFS FR: http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B00C8H6TFS Hi If you enjoyed TAKE NO MORE, make sure to read REGRET NO MORE the next exciting story in the James Blake series. [image] REGRET NO MORE - Nothing is safe from the past The mystery deepens as the events in Florence return three years later as a matter of life or death for James Blake and his family. A stolen Picasso used in an art swind...more
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Kfir Luzzatto liked a quote “Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a look of furtive shame, the shifty hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to speak French.” — P.G. Wodehouse like
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Kfir Luzzatto is currently reading Otel Bruni by Valerio Massimo Manfredi	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kfir Luzzatto added Il cimitero di Praga by Umberto Eco	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kfir Luzzatto made a comment on their review of The Whisper Jar "Evelyn wrote: "This is a fabulous review!" It's a fabulous collection..."
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Kfir Luzzatto made a comment on Editor or Editress? And ... Does Mary Still Have Her Little Lamb? "Ailyn wrote: "it's just a job, who care if Actor/ Actress, Editor and Editress? We call everyone teacher, doctor and so on. Why not doctress? Being a...more "
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Kfir Luzzatto liked Kathleen Kelly's review of An Italian Obsession: " This is the second book that I have read by author Kfir Luzzatto and It is a wonderful novel. A coming of age novel of a young Italian man who has developed serious feelings toward a girl that he met in grad school. He does not meet her again unti... " Read more of this review »
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“Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a look of furtive shame, the shifty hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to speak French.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Luck of the Bodkins

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