In Good Hands

From the author of Crime Novel a new novel-fresco that casts a black light on the era in which we are still immersed. The era marked by the Mafia massacres. Under the sign of convenience, different people, with different plans, find themselves to be the pawns of a mad design. Or maybe not. It is about delivering Italy into the right hands. Crime and passion intertwine with bombs and business. A woman who was only supposed to betray finds the courage to love. As lives and destinies are consumed, and hope takes refuge in the very heart of hell. Later, no matter how much he tried to rummage through his memory, retracing step by step the moments of that conversation that he would not hesitate to call “surreal,” later Stalin Rossetti would never be able to determine exactly the authorship of the idea. Had it been him who had suggested it or the mobster? Or had they arrived at it together, reasoning with mathematical diligence on the few elements of evaluation they had at their disposal? Or had it been desperation that had taken possession of their minds? The fact is that at some point the idea materialized. It had the unmistakable shape of the Tower of Pisa. The iridescent reflection of the Dome of St. Peter's in the marvelous Roman octobrata. The composed and detached elegance of the Loggia de' Lanzi. It had the desirable face of pure beauty. It was beauty. The ruined beauty. Corrupted beauty. It was Italy, after all.

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Publication date: 12.05.2007
Publisher: Einaudi
Number of Pages: 330
Country: Italy

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