I'll Steal You Away - Tapa blanda

"Chilling and intimate, Ammaniti's work brings life to a deceptively quiet town and its wealth of eclectic and unsettling residents."

"A snapshot of small-town Italian life that could be, just as easily, a tale of small-town American life ... Ammaniti weaves almost seamlessly between his characters as they spiral slowly toward their inevitably sad conclusions. A-."

"Niccolo Ammaniti is the best novelist of his generation." -- Il Giornale

"Edge-of-the-seat-reading. Yet Ammaniti is more than a red-hot storyteller ... Ýhe is also¨ an astute psychologist and sharp social critic. Teems with incident, wit, and pathos."

"Haunted by the ghost of Federico Fellini ... Besides his gift for turning pages, Ammaniti has a Dickensian touch for character study.... Anyone who thought The Bicycle Thief had told them all they needed to know about injustice has another think coming."

Growing up in a tiny, remote Italian village, Pietro is ignored by his parents and suffers the torment of bullies, with only his best friend Gloria for solace, but the arrival of an aging playboy, Graziano Biglia, turns both of their lives upside down and prompts Pietro to realize that only by leaving home can he become the man he should be. Reprint.