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The City of the Living Nicola Lagioia

The City of the Living By Nicola Lagioia

The City of the Living by Nicola Lagioia

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The spellbinding literary true crime story of one of the most vicious crimes in recent Italian history. A journey into the darkest corners of Rome and of the human soul.

The City of the Living Summary

The City of the Living: A literary chronicle narrating one of the most vicious crimes in recent Roman history by Nicola Lagioia

For fans of Truman Capote and Emmanuel Carrere

Psychogeography at its most perceptive.-Financial Times

In March 2016, in an apartment on the outskirts of Rome, two ordinary young men brutally tortured and murdered twenty-two-year-old Luca Varani. News of the seemingly inexplicable crime sent shockwaves across Rome and beyond.

After the crime comes to light, Lagioia begins investigating the crime by meeting with the victim's family and corresponding with one of the killers. It soon becomes clear, however, that to investigate this crime means to descend into the darkest corners of Rome and of the human psyche.

Lagioia leads us through a maze of betrayed expectations, sexual confusion, economic grievances and identity crises to locate the breaking point, the point after which anything is possible.

Sharp, hypnotic, devastating, The City of The Living is not just the story of a crime, but of human nature itself: the tension between responsibility and guilt, between the drive to oppress and the desire to be free, between who we are and who we can become.

The City of the Living Reviews

This documentary thriller is psychogeography at its most perceptive, an insightful socio-economic analysis of Italy - and an attempt to understand what human beings are capable of doing to each other and to themselves. * Anna Aslanyan, Financial Times *
Literature at its best - literature that breathes life into the facts of reality. * Domenico Starnone, author of Ties and Trick *
An absorbing study of the banality of evil. * Kirkus Reviews *
Make no mistake: this is a novel of modern Rome in all its beauty and flaws, and having its roots in true life makes it even more powerful. I was both transformed and appalled. * Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time *
Outlining the decay of the human psyche with a historic city in the background, The City Of The Living builds to a climactic moment. * Buzz Magazine *
I don't think it's possible to praise this book enough. * CrimeReads *
A chilling account of a true crime.... it reads like a gripping novel, to the point where you'll need to remind yourself that this is a real story.... For those who enjoy true crime, crime fiction, or want to learn more about Rome's seedier side, The City of the Living will undoubtedly capture your attention. * West Words Reviews *
Reading some books can be an experience as extreme as the story they tell... This is the case with Nicola Lagioia's The City of the Living. * La Repubblica *
A magnificent panorama of Rome, dark and rotting. * Domani *

About Nicola Lagioia

One of Italy's most critically acclaimed contemporary novelists, Nicola Lagioia has been the recipient of the Volponi, Straniero, and Viareggio awards. In 2015, he won the Strega Prize for Ferocity. He has been a jury member of the Venice Film Festival and is the program director of the Turin Book Fair. Ann Goldstein has translated into English all of Elena Ferrante's books, including The Story of the Lost Child, which was also shortlisted for the Booker International Prize. She has been honoured with a Guggenheim Fellowship and is the recipient of the PEN Renato Poggioli Translation Award. She lives in New York.

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GOR013712738
9781787703995
1787703991
The City of the Living: A literary chronicle narrating one of the most vicious crimes in recent Roman history by Nicola Lagioia
Nicola Lagioia
Used - Like New
Hardback
Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
2023-09-07
456
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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