Conclusions

Abstract

Pezzotti concludes that in the Italian crime fiction output, there is not a univocal response to political and social debates about Italian history. Indeed, it hosts a variety of interpretations, showing the presence of diametrically opposed memories that make Italian history still very present. With few exceptions, history is in the foreground of the story, and the investigation into a single case often enlarges into an investigation into history and its flaws. Using tropes of crime fiction, the Italian giallo re-examines historical events, giving new interpretations or reiterating historical interpretations attacked by a mounting revisionism. In so doing, it also recuperates awareness and fights a general amnesia on some of the most pivotal period of Italy’s recent history.