Donato Carrisi's Thrillers: Action, Awareness, and Books as "Rebellion"

A review essay by Antonia De Francesco for MIfacciodiCultura argues that Donato Carrisi's novels cannot be assessed one at a time, since his writing works as a system balancing style and story. Published by Longanesi, the books cited span 2009 to 2020: Il suggeritore (2009), Il tribunale delle anime (2011), La donna dei fiori di carta (2012), L'ipotesi del male (2013), Il cacciatore del buio (2014), La ragazza nella nebbia (2015), Il maestro delle ombre (2016), L'uomo del labirinto (2017), Il gioco del suggeritore (2018), La casa delle voci (2019) and Io sono l'abisso (2020). L'uomo del labirinto became a 2019 film starring Toni Servillo and Dustin Hoffman; La ragazza nella nebbia was also adapted for cinema and won a David di Donatello. The essay describes Carrisi's narration as moving between multiple angles, letting heterogeneous viewpoints and belief systems surface alongside the plot, and quotes passages from L'uomo del labirinto, Io sono l'abisso and La ragazza nella nebbia on human nature, waste and suspicion as contagion. It credits his background in behavioral science, law and criminology for the psychological depth, concluding that his thrillers are ascending climaxes of action and awareness and that the books become "rebellion."