Andrea Carlo Cappi

Born in 1964, author of mystery stories, he has published several novels and short stories (for Mondadori, Stampa Alternativa, Edizioni E-Elle, Il Minotauro, etc.) and non fiction (DeAgostini, Puntozero). He has translated works by authors from Spain (Juan Madrid, Andreu Martin), Mexico (Paco I. Taibo II), U.K. (P.C. Doherty) and U.S.A. (Stuart Kaminsky), though he's known mostly as the translator of adventures of James Bond 007. He writes also about cinema, his work including essays for video collections of Federico Fellini and Clint Eastwood. Editor of anthologies of noir literature (Mondadori, Addictions), he's now director, with Andrea G. Pinketts, of the magazine M-Rivista del mistero (Addictions), specialized in thriller and mystery. Comics writer for the series Martin Mystery, he's also working on movie and tv screenplays. His works include noir stories, action thrillers and spy-stories. Nothing has ever been published in English language yet.
Click here for an English version of his short story Stetit puella.
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SERIES

The "Hunter", or more exactly the "Book Hunter", created in 1992, stars in short stories, novelettes and novels. Hired to find precious and mysterious books, he always finds himself involved in plots and international intrigues, mixing adventure and humour. After many short stories set in the 90's (the early ones appearing on the magazine Il Giallo Mondadori in 1994), Edizioni E-Elle published two novels about his first adventures, Cacciatore dell'impossibile (1997) and Cacciatore di intrighi (1998), set in 1981 and 1982.

Carlo Medina is the main character in three novelettes (published in special issues of Il Giallo Mondadori between dicember 1994 and dicember 1995), and in the novel Morte accidentale di una lady (1997). Former copywriter in Milan, he directs an agency specialized in "marketing crimes": elimination of competitors by any means available. In his stories, anyway, he faces even more corrupted characters, becoming a sort of unusual man of justice.

BOOKS

CACCIATORE DELL'IMPOSSIBILE ("Hunter of the impossible") Novel. Milan, 1981: witness of the murder of a professor, a 16 year old student finds in his bag a mysterious book. It looks like a history book, but it seems to be printed in 2011 and tells how USSR started and won the Third world war. Even more frightening: some of the events in the book really start to happen. Science fiction? No, conspiracy. But how can a young man change the course of history?

CACCIATORE DI INTRIGHI ("Hunter of intrigues") Novel. Rapallo (Genova), 1982: one year later, the protagonist of the previous book is on holiday at the seaside. This times he finds a manuscript about the backgrounds of the deaths of Marilyn Monroe and the Kennedy brothers. But that's no fiction: it's really the autobiography of the man who knows everything about the JFK assassination. On a double narrative plan (1963/1982) here comes out a truth more incredible than any conspiracy theory. CIA, KGB and the Mob are on the hunt for the book… and the young "hunter".

MORTE ACCIDENTALE DI UNA LADY ("Accidental death of a lady") Novel. A spy story set in Italy, France and England, in the summer of 1997. A group of hitmen prepares an assassination in Paris: the sabotage of a Mercedes that will perform a tragic "accident". The assassination is succesful, ma the plot is accidentally discovered by professional hitman Carlo Medina, later hired by a mysterious arabian Mata Hari to find the murderers. A novel that makes you think about certain facts from the real life.

MONDO BOND-TUTTO QUANTO FA 007 ("Bond World-Everything about 007") Non fiction. Written by Cappi with Edward Coffrini Dell'Orto, it collects all information required to understand the "007 phenomenon" in literature, movies, society. The exciting story of the life of his creator Ian Fleming, the backstage of books and films, a complete biblio-filmography updated to 2000. And a surprising chapter about the spy movie wave of the 60's, including the "fake 007" movies. The two authors are the presidents of the only italian Bond fan club: 007 Admiral Club.

CITTA' VIOLENTA ("Violent city") Italian-made fictional noir stories, selected and presented by Cappi. Some of the best Italian crime and murder writers (Andrea G. Pinketts, Claudia Salvatori, Loriano Macchiavelli, Carlo Oliva, Sandro Ossola, Matteo Curtoni, Stefano Massaron, Gianfranco Nerozzi… and many others) face the theme of urban violence and its motivations. Stories of atmosphere and original variations on the mechanisms of mystery.