Who killed Pasolini?
Olivia Laing’s new tale of gay love imagines the murder of the Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Ian Thomson
Ian Thomson is a journalist and author whose books include Primo Levi: The Elements of a Life.
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