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    Cathleen’s Pick: The Past is a Foreign Country

    Posted November 1, 2010 by MPPL

    Cathleen staff picks pictureThough Swedish crime fiction is all the rage, other nations have their own twisted secrets.  The Past is a Foreign Country, a new import from Italy’s prize-winning Gianrico Carofiglio, details a law student’s slow descent into darkness while under the influence of a charismatic con.

    Categories: Books Mysteries/Thrillers/Suspense Picks by Cathleen Staff Picks

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