The Color Inside a Melon

“The narrative has its requisite share of mobsters, cops and bloodshed, but for Domini these are mainly pegs upon which to explore Risto’s sense of displacement and belonging. … Domini’s novel is determined to push the noir―and us―out of well-worn ruts.” ―The Washington Post_x000D_
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A disastrous earthquake has Naples reeling. While the government scrambles to maintain appearances, poverty and anarchy rack the people on Italy’s margins―the illegal immigrants out of Africa, known as the clandestini. One of whom has just been horrifically murdered._x000D_
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Enter Risto, a rare success story: a refugee from Mogadishu, orphaned in his teens, he’s now married the Neapolitan Paola and is the proprietor of a celebrated art gallery. The murder recalls the deaths of his loved ones years ago in Mogadishu, a trauma Risto can’t outrun._x000D_
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Thinking to force the hand of the white authorities, Risto begins his own investigation. But once he starts playing detective, he quick