Description
Cristiano is thirteen. Home life is far from perfect. When his father and two friends come up with a plan to rob a bank, Cristiano sees the chance of a better life. As a tremendous storm brews that night, Cristiano will have to put childhood behind him once and for all, and the perfect crime will have shocking consequences.
The prize-winning international bestseller from the author of I'm Not Scared
About the Author
Niccolo Ammaniti was born in Rome in 1966. He is the author of six novels translated into English and two short story collections. Several of his novels have been adapted for film, including Steal You Away, which was longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, The Crossroads, winner of the Premio Strega Prize 2007, and the international bestseller I'm Not Scared, which won the prestigious Italian Viareggio-Repaci Prize for Fiction and has been translated into thirty-five languages.
Reviews
Ammaniti has cranked up the volume for his blistering new novel. * * Independent * *
Every scene contains a twist. * * Guardian * *
Brutal but effective. * * The Times * *
Energy and danger spray off it like water from a choppy sea . . . Very hard to put down. * * Daily Mail * *
One of Italy's brightest literary stars . . . Combines tense horror with the blackest comedy. * * Observer * *
Ammaniti fills his scenes with such rich detail, humour and surprise that it is impossible not to be drawn in . . . A forceful portrait of contemporary Italy, providing a long overdue counterbalance to the romantic, tourism-drive portraits of the country. And yet, for all the harshness of his world, warmth bubbles up between the cracks. * * Financial Times * *
Offers an artful interstiching of plots and cinematic, horror-dazed images, and Jonathan Hunt's translation is exemplary. * * Observer * *
Undeniably gripping . . . Indeed, this is in a surprising way a love story. * * Scotsman * *
A compulsively readable tragedy with a bleakly comic underbelly, as if the Kray twins' gang had been infiltrated by a couple of Marx brothers. * * Sunday Herald * *
The Crossroads is a rollicking dark horror-comic, a gruelling piece of fun. * * Independent * *
Awards
Winner of Premio Strega 2007.
Book Information
ISBN 9781847671387
Author Niccolo Ammaniti
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Canongate Books
Publisher Canongate Books
Weight(grams) 277g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 25mm
The prize-winning international bestseller from the author of I'm Not Scared
About the Author
Niccolo Ammaniti was born in Rome in 1966. He is the author of six novels translated into English and two short story collections. Several of his novels have been adapted for film, including Steal You Away, which was longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, The Crossroads, winner of the Premio Strega Prize 2007, and the international bestseller I'm Not Scared, which won the prestigious Italian Viareggio-Repaci Prize for Fiction and has been translated into thirty-five languages.
Reviews
Ammaniti has cranked up the volume for his blistering new novel. * * Independent * *
Every scene contains a twist. * * Guardian * *
Brutal but effective. * * The Times * *
Energy and danger spray off it like water from a choppy sea . . . Very hard to put down. * * Daily Mail * *
One of Italy's brightest literary stars . . . Combines tense horror with the blackest comedy. * * Observer * *
Ammaniti fills his scenes with such rich detail, humour and surprise that it is impossible not to be drawn in . . . A forceful portrait of contemporary Italy, providing a long overdue counterbalance to the romantic, tourism-drive portraits of the country. And yet, for all the harshness of his world, warmth bubbles up between the cracks. * * Financial Times * *
Offers an artful interstiching of plots and cinematic, horror-dazed images, and Jonathan Hunt's translation is exemplary. * * Observer * *
Undeniably gripping . . . Indeed, this is in a surprising way a love story. * * Scotsman * *
A compulsively readable tragedy with a bleakly comic underbelly, as if the Kray twins' gang had been infiltrated by a couple of Marx brothers. * * Sunday Herald * *
The Crossroads is a rollicking dark horror-comic, a gruelling piece of fun. * * Independent * *
Awards
Winner of Premio Strega 2007.
Book Information
ISBN 9781847671387
Author Niccolo Ammaniti
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Canongate Books
Publisher Canongate Books
Weight(grams) 277g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 25mm
