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Apr 29, 2004 i cant decide whether malavita, tonino benacquista s tale of an american crime family relocated to a peaceful village in normandy was so maladroit because it was meant to be a farce but failed to be particularly funny or because it was so badly translated by someone who didnt even try to make the characters sound like americans speaking. After being, in turn, a museum nightwatchman, a train guard on the parisrome line and a professional parasite on the paris cocktail circuit, he is now a highly successful author of fiction, film scripts and even graphic novels. Badfellas tonino benacquista translated by emily read bitter lemon press london bitter lemon press first published in the united kingdom in 2010 by bitter lemon press, 37 arundel gardens, london w11 2lw. Jun 25, 20 tonino benacquista was born in france in 1961 to italian immigrants. Click to read more about malavita by tonino benacquista. Tonino benacquista has 50 books on goodreads with 11431 ratings.