Earthquake I.D.

The first novel in John Domini’s Naples trilogy, Earthquake I.D. appeared in spring ’07. Set in a famously troubled and romantic Southern Italian seaport, following the next earthquake, the story combines family and social crises with an element of fantasy and pervasive humor. The novel won wide critical praise and was nominated for a Pulitzer and other prizes. Richard Ford, an earlier Pulitzer winner, called it “a wonderful novel of an old-fashioned sort…a rich feast.” Steve Erickson, author of Zeroville, called Domini “a writer of the world, with a deft talent for negotiating the currents of our age.”In April 2009, an Italian translation appeared, under the title Terremoto Napoletano. Again reviews have been strong.