Il silenzio dell'onda
Finalist for Premio Strega 2012
Bronze Winner in the Foreword Book of the Year Awards for Mystery 2013
“Absorbing and beautifully written, a work of considerable subtlety and depth.”
Marcel Berlins, The Times (full review)
“One of the most impressive and fascinating crime novels of the year.”
Literary Review
A stand-alone thriller from bestselling Italian crime writer Gianrico Carofiglio, whose work has been translated into 27 languages.
Every Monday and Thursday, Roberto Marías crosses Rome on foot for his appointment with his psychiatrist. There he sits in silence, flooded by memories. He remembers surfing with his father as a child. He remembers the treacherous years he spent working as an undercover agent, years that taught him how cynicism and corruption are not merely external influences, but exist within us as well. His past has left him devastated, but now his psychiatrist’s words, his hypnotic strolls through Rome, and a chance meeting with a woman named Emma—who like Roberto is ravaged by a profound guilt—begin to painfully revive him. And when eleven-year-old Giacomo asks Roberto to help him conquer his nightmares, Roberto at last achieves a true rebirth. A thriller about human faults, frailties, and the painful bond between fathers and sons.
Publication date: 01.10.2011
Publisher: Rizzoli
Number of Pages: 300
Country: Italy
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