Arrivederci amore, ciao

Arrivederci amore, ciao

3.72 of 5 stars 3.72  ·  rating details  ·  172 ratings  ·  32 reviews
In questo romanzo che racconta il cuore nero del Nordest e, più in generale, dell'Italia patinata ed "emergente", Carlotto "mette a frutto" le pessime conoscenze che ha fatto in carcere, nel mondo criminale e anche tra i personaggi delle istituzioni e ci dà uno sconvolgente ritratto dell'Italia nera dei nostri anni. Il giovane e bel protagonista del romanzo ha un solo scop...more
Paperback, Tascabili E/O #150, 175 pages
Published 2002 by e/o (first published 2001)
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Elizabeth
Oct 07, 2011 Elizabeth rated it 3 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: Greg
Shelves: 2011, in-italy, reviewed
I don't read a lot of noir. Actually, I don't read any noir, no real crime novels, few detective stories. Murder? Drug smuggling? Enforcement? Prostitution? Violence? These are not really my things. So, what am I doing here? Does a publisher have the power to change my reading tastes? No, probably not, but one that has had this kind of success with me will get me to try new things, just because they've put their name on it. That's quite the realization. I'm not sure how I feel about that, becaus...more
Rob Kitchin
The Goodbye Kiss is, as one review says, ‘lean, mean and violent’; Italian noir at its darkest, placing the reader in the mind of criminal who’s prepared to do anything to get by. Pellegrini is a well formed character who is frighteningly believable, his thoughts and actions seemingly rationale and logical. He uses intimidation, manipulation and violence in a pre-meditated, calculated way to exert his will, yet he also understands his place in the wider criminal system and how to respect and wor...more
Tony
Carlotto, Massimo. THE GOODBYE KISS. (2000; US-2006). ****. Again, another new author for me. Carlotto was born in Padua and now lives in Cagliari. He is one of Italy’s most popular authors and a proponent of Medeterranian noir. He has been compared favorably with many of the most important American hardboiled crime writers. Several of his novels have been made into highly acclaimed films. In this novel we are introduced to Georgio Pellegrini. He is wanted in Italy for a series of crimes linked...more
Anastasia
Tanto per aggiungere un altro tassellino alla mia avanscoperta noir prendo la tutto sommato saggia decisione di stoppare il mio momento di sguazzamento oltreoceano e anziché essere in perenne apertura esterofila.. gettare giusto un'occhiata a chi mi sta dietro casa, tipo Massimo Carlotto.
E devo dire che una volta saggiata l'erba del vicino debbo dire che non c'ha nulla da invidiare alla grande produzione americana.
Leggo le opinioni riportate sul retro della copertina, dove Edmondo Dietrich - co...more
Zorba
Ti leggi la trama e dici: figo!
Ci dovrebbe essere terrorismo, corruzione, criminalità, tensione, morti ammazzati, stupri... Il tutto in contrasto con la dolcezza del titolo "Arrivederci, amore, ciao!", citazione di Caterina Caselli.
Scordatevelo, perchè non c'è nulla di tutto questo.
Breve, quasi distratto, il protagonista non viene definito, approfondito, spiegato, è diafano; racconta come se parlasse della lista della spesa (non da nemmeno l'idea di freddezza, da l'idea di noia), le parti che do...more
Wu Ming
WM1: In Italia si definiscono "neri" un sacco di romanzi color cacchetta, fumo-di-londra, testa-di-moro etc. Questo � N-E-R-O veramente, come quelle foto dei libri di medicina, che mostrano polmoni incatramati e cancrenosi, e infatti ti accorcia il respiro e ti va di traverso e ti fa tossire mentre lo leggi, ma prosegui fino alla fine. L'io narrante ti costringe a identificarti con un personaggio putrido, stomachevole, e scopri che c'� un po' di Giorgio Pellegrini anche dentro di te, come dentro...more
Lyle Appleyard
I received a copy of this book through the Goodreads Firstreads Giveaway.

This was my first time reading this author. I was not sure what to expect. What a ride.

Thre wasn't much for character development. The main character was bad. Everyone who had dealings with was bad. Except maybe the woman he was going to marry, but he killed her anyway and most of the other people he dealt with. This novel was entirely an action driven story. The actions happen without much reason being given. The main char...more
Auntie Pam
Un romanzo crudo e affascinante. Ho letto alcune recensioni e non capisco perchè qualcuno abbia avuto il coraggio di abbadonare la lettura di questo libro solo per la violenza che ne esce dalle pagine. Allora dovremmo smettere di leggere i romanzi noir o cosa? Carlotto scrive in maniera semplice ma efficace, ti cattura con il suo linguaggio da strada e ti coinvolge in ogni azione del protagonista. La domanda che mi sorge dopo la lettura è: si può riuscire davvero a cambiare quello che siamo per...more
Massimo Foglio
Un altro splendido noir di Carlotto che si fa leggere tutto d'un fiato. Una volta letto, per��, il pensiero corre a quello che sta dietro la storia appena raccontata. E cominciano le domande.
Meglio un ex terrorista che fotte i compagni e l'amico con cui e' fuggito, oppure i poliziotti corrotti che alzano un bel po' di grano sfruttandolo? O meglio la medio borghesia del NordEst, quella che fa i soldi in nero, ungendo le ruote, sconosciuta al fisco. O ancora quelli che si buttano in politica sfrut...more
Spiros
While waiting for Driftless Area to hit the shelves, I decided to reacquaint myself with Giorgio Pelligrini, the protagonist of The Goodbye Kiss, self confessed stool pigeon, former radical, and all around "bad egg" (n.b.: does this strike anybody else as a conflation of the terms "rotten apple" and "good egg"? I don't recall ever coming across the term before, and I've certainly never heard of a "good apple". Your input is, as always, eagerly solicited). As before, I found it to be a thoroughl...more
Bruno da Maremma
OK this book isn't really a mystery novel or a thriller. It is more the story of our 'hero', Giorgio Pellegrini, rehabilitation in society, moving from convicted terrorist to respectable citizen. A goodly number of people die along the way. If you like noir fiction, the author delivers in spades. Don't expect a lot of character development, but at the end, just like in 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' you may actually find yourself rooting for the protagonist.
Rachel Hirstwood
I'm really disappointed by this book. I was really looking forward to some top class gritty Italian Noir, but this translation made for a sloppy American B movie from the 50s. Obviously I need to either learn Italian, or get a translation into English, not American. Wish I hadn't bought 4 Massimo Carlotto books at the same time now.
June
Massimo Carlotto's book is in many ways more of a biography (though fictional) than a crime novel. There is no murder that is committed at the beginning, which then needs solving. Instead, it is more of the life and times of an amoral reprobate. I just couldn't find the story compelling enough. Glad it was short.
Harry
Ein tristes Buch. Eigentlich auch ein gutes Buch. Sieht man von der Episode mit der Schmerzmittelallergie ab. So wie sich das Carlotto vorstellt, funktioniert das nicht ganz. Nur dumm, dass es sich um eine zentrale Stelle im Roman handelt.

Wie auch immer: »Arrivederci Amore, Ciao« ist ein Schlag in die Magengrube. Trist, hoffnungslos und brutal.
Paola
Jun 11, 2012 Paola added it
Shelves: abbandonati, gialli
NOnonononononoNO! Troppa violenza, crudeltà, perversione, cattiveria, prevaricazione. Viene dal riciclo e ci tornerà velocemente. MC ed io non abbiamo affinità, leggere di fatti brutti e persone brutte dentro e fuori non fa per me. Di tutto questo ce n'é già abbastanza nella vita reale.
Abbandonato.
Francesca Barontini
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Electric Funeral
ein hartes buch, auch für maßstäbe des noir genres. ein protagonist der keine gefangenen macht, keine moral anerkennt, menschen und insbesondere frauen ausschließlich nach maßstäben der vernutzbarkeit beurteilt und dafür auch nicht bestraft wird. ein unangenehmes buch und doch ganz anders als die parker romane von richard stark. beide charaktere sind ausdruck des verbrechers als konsequentesten vertreter des kapitalismus, als "ursprünglichen unternehmer", aber wo die amerikanische tradition dem...more
Nick
This one was ROUGH.

Super super cynical.

Not in the mood to write anymore.

I have to choose a happy feel good book next...

jesus christ...
Frank
Carlotto is the best new writer I've discovered in years. Think raymond chandler but with a distinctly Italian flavor.
Dan Cowles
Relentlessly bleak Northern-Italian ... a little on the blunt side for me.
Vale
Spietato, tagliente emolto efficace. Ancora una volta entusiasmante
Suzanne
Lean and mean Italian crime noir.
Carlo Mayer
Apr 08, 2013 Carlo Mayer added it
Shelves: italiana
Finiti
David Tykulsker
Great social criticism in the guise of a detective novel of the milieu of the Northern League, with a few shots at my friends on the ultra-left. The robbery itself was a bit tedious, and the last conversation with his fiance could have been omitted. But the rest of the book moved with great speed, and was quite chilling.
Jim Coughenour
Carlotto, the "master of Mediterranean noir." Narrated by a bad, evil-tongued criminal, it's got the kick of a hot espresso. Nasty, unadulterated pleasure! Carlotto reminds me of Patricia Highsmith, but with a superior sense of fun. Handsomely published by Europa Editions.

Mark
He's mostly a narrator and his books read more like film treatments than actual novels — which is actually kind of ok, provided that they lead to movies as gloriously skeezy as the one derived from this book.
Claudia aka Chiara [la viandante dei libri]
Spietato, crudele ma non nuovo nella trama.
Mirrordance
Carlotto è stato un amore a prima lettura. Piacevole, scorrevole godibilissimo. Narrativa più che un giallaccio. La scuola italiana è di qualità. Lucarelli, Dazieri, Carofiglio, Machiavelli......
Brian
Very hard boiled italian crime novel. Fun for the whole gang, urban lowlife or otherwise.
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Massimo Carlotto è nato a Padova il 22 luglio 1956. Nel 1976, giovane universitario e militante di L.C., scopre casualmente a Padova il cadavere senza vita di Margherita Magello, colpita da 59 coltellate, e viene accusato dalla polizia dell’omicidio dopo essersi recato volontariamente a testimoniare.
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