Review: The Monster of Florence – Meta True Crime

March 31, 2009 by swivel  

Continuing to highlight some novels based on true crimes, I am reposting a review of Douglas Preston and Mario Spez’s novel, The Monster of Florence. The novel details what happens when Preston and Spezi try to identify the serial killer known as The Monster of Florence. They think the have found their man, when Preston is asked to leave the country and Spezi is thrown in Italy’s Capanne prison, accused of being the Monster of Florence himself. I thought this would be a good second choice for this new column, especially since United Artists will produce a film version of the novel that Tom Cruise will produce and possibly star in.

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Tags: Douglas Preston, Fourth Wall, Mario Spezi, Monster of Florence, Murder, Serial Killer, Tom Cruise

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