On Giancarlo DiTrapano

The late Giancarlo DiTrapano was the founder and editor of Tyrant Books. Giancarlo’s independently minded vision for Tyrant never wavered, the results often spectacular in what is, at times, a predominantly risk-averse industry. Even before listening to Gian’s Other PPL episode, I read Tyrant Books books, in the main, because they were Tyrant Books. Gian’s taste always felt impeccable to me, a new Tyrant release feeling part of the culture, deeper considered, shooting for something realer than the books I was seeing published elsewhere.