Leonardo Donofrio
Goodreads Author
Born
Cardiff, The United Kingdom
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Genre
Influences
John Fante, Mario Puzo, Sergio Leone
Member Since
September 2015
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Old Country
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published
2015
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10 editions
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The Killing of Bruno Rossi - Old Country Part Two
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published
2016
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2 editions
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Firestarter: The Search for Carlo Greco (Old Country Part 3)
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Redlands
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published
2018
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Leonardo Donofrio said:
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Graphic, profane, streaked with bleak poetry and totally unfiltered, this is the type of book you will either cherish or despise. I first read this years ago when a self- published paperback was doing the rounds in Cardiff. I don’t think I finished i ...more "
“Rome and New York were impressive, but they knew they were. They had the beauty of a vain woman who had squeezed herself into her favourite dress after hours of careful self worship. There was a raw, feral beauty about this landscape that was totally unselfconscious but no less real...There was no pomp or vainty here; this was an innocent, natural beauty, the best kind, like a woman first thing in the morning, lit up by the sun streaming through a window, who doesn't quite believe it when you tell her how beautiful she is.”
― Old Country
― Old Country
“Identity was a liquid state, ever interchangeable, and adaptable to its surroundings... It was better to not have favourites - a snake didn't mourn when it had to shed its skin.”
― Old Country
― Old Country
“Before we're born we've all of us been dead for millions of years...but we're always afraid of going back...”
― Old Country
― Old Country
“Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.”
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“I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments.”
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