ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the suitability of crime fiction while dealing with global environmental and humanitarian concerns through a comparative analysis of Francesco Aloe’s Il vento porta farfalle o neve (2011), published by the Italian independent Edizioni Ambiente, and Earthly Remains (2017), by the internationally acclaimed Donna Leon. Set in Livorno and Venice, both novels deal with the transport and trafficking of toxic substances and illegal materials with the complicity of governments and large corporations. My analysis suggests that an integrated approach to the modes of representation and circulation of these novels at different scales allows for a new reflection on the uses of crime fiction in its concern for the environment.
