The noir novel is a literary genre characterized by its dark content and criminal intrigues. It often focuses on themes such as murder, corruption and revenge, and tends to feature a tense and dark atmosphere.

One of the most distinctive characteristics of the noir novel is its protagonist, the detective or private detective, who is often a cynical character and fraught with personal problems, but at the same time an intelligent and insightful person, capable of solving the most complex crimes.

Another important feature is the setting, which is generally urban and takes place in a hostile and dangerous environment, where violence and crime are constant. Detective novels are often a reflection of the society in which they are written, and for this reason they often include social and political themes.

In his work “Why do I write?” ", George Orwell tells us the following: "I write because there is a lie I want to expose, a fact I want to draw attention to, and my first concern is to get an audience. » However he immediately adds: “But I cannot do the work of writing a book, or even an article, if it is not an aesthetic experience. »

When you have lived the last ten or fifteen years in France and you have the itch for literature, you cannot help writing dark novels, because everywhere you look you find only lies and decadence in a once great nation which does not deserve one of the worst political classes in Europe, which has only one parallel, it is the infamous procession of civil servants and commissioners who run it without having been elected, if, today, we can still speak of a full and legitimate election in the so-called liberal democracies that make it up.

From this uncontrollable need emerged the last two parts of the black series “Alba Longa”, which attempt to show the first symptoms of the chaos that is coming; even if, to speak honestly, I never anticipated, not even in the worst nightmares that such signs could trigger, the true dimensions of the catastrophe which threatens to befall the country and the continent because of their incompetence and their bad faith.

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