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Leonardo Donofrio
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Born
Cardiff, The United Kingdom
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John Fante, Mario Puzo, Sergio Leone
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Old Country
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2015
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10 editions
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The Killing of Bruno Rossi - Old Country Part Two
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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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2018
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Old Country Part 3 - The Search for Carlo Greco - available now!
Firestarter: The Search for Carlo Greco
‘I’ll be honest with you… things are going to get a little dark…’
Five years after violently escaping custody, charismatic killer, and FBI’s most wanted man, Carlo 'The Pyro' Greco, is still at large. All leads have led nowhere and, despite an extensive global manhunt, the FBI are still no closer to catching him. But a random killing at The Louvre gallery in P Read more of this blog post »
‘I’ll be honest with you… things are going to get a little dark…’
Five years after violently escaping custody, charismatic killer, and FBI’s most wanted man, Carlo 'The Pyro' Greco, is still at large. All leads have led nowhere and, despite an extensive global manhunt, the FBI are still no closer to catching him. But a random killing at The Louvre gallery in P Read more of this blog post »
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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