{"product_id":"ravey-yves-taormina","title":"Ravey, Yves - Taormina","description":"Vacationing in Sicily in an attempt to resuscitate their doomed marriage, a hapless couple soon fall under suspicion for a horrific crime in this razor-sharp noir about migration, police corruption, and the self-absorption of the middle class.\n\nFOR FANS OF: Social satires like The White Lotus and Infinity Pool; novels about bad marriages and bad relationships; readers of other French noir (and noir-adjacent) writers published by NYRB.\n\nTaormina is written in short, clipped sentences befitting a noir, a style of writing that creates a propulsive reading experience.\n\nThe plot of Taormina is grim, but it has a gallows-humour appeal—how much worse can this situation get? What poor decision will the narrator make next?\n\nIt touches on issues of migration, police corruption, and middle-class ineptitude, all relevant today.\n\nFIRST TIME AUTHOR IS IN ENGLISH: Yves Ravey has published many novels in his home country, but this is the first time his work has been translated into English.\none wrong turn off the highway leaves the unhappy couple stranded in a thunderstorm in the middle of nowhere. The road is muddy, it’s late, they hit something indeterminate in the dark.\nThe next day, the local newspaper reports that a child from a refugee camp was hit by a car and fatally injured. Melvil and Luisa hasten to find a garage in Taormina to repair their rental, but the repairs are costlier than expected, the police are sniffing around, tensions between the couple are rising, and soon their money will run out…\nAn elegantly laconic modern noir, brimming with the darkest of dark humour, Taormina presents a keen-eyed commentary on migration, police corruption, and the mediocrity and self-absorption of the middle class in a stunning translation by Alyson Waters.","brand":"NYRB","offers":[{"title":"Paperback Book","offer_id":51329914241302,"sku":"RMX-68169","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/9798896230403.jpg?v=1779286278","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/ravey-yves-taormina","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}