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Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles by Fabio Bartolomei: New
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2012-10-30
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN
- 9781609450830
- Book Title
- Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles
- Publisher
- Europa Editions, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Crime, General
- Item Weight
- 14.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Europa Editions, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1609450833
ISBN-13
9781609450830
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113362228
Product Key Features
Book Title
Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Crime, General
Publication Year
2012
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
14.5 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-486772
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles left the kind of smile on my face that doesn't go unnoticed and which people often mistake for a kind of facial paralysis…Bortolomei is attentive to the proper rhythm of a story, the proper way to reveal plot, to what is and is not the right word in the right place, all of which produced exactly the right effect on this reader., Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles left the kind of smile on my face that doesn't go unnoticed and which people often mistake for a kind of facial paralysis...Bortolomei is attentive to the proper rhythm of a story, the proper way to reveal plot, to what is and is not the right word in the right place, all of which produced exactly the right effect on this reader., Praise for Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles "An entertaining and humorous debut." --La Repubblica "A melancholy yet hopeful fable told with a smile." --Internazionale "Bartolomei's style is swift and immensely readable." --Flaneri " Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles left the kind of smile on my face that doesn't go unnoticed and which people often mistake for a kind of facial paralysis...Bortolomei is attentive to the proper rhythm of a story, the proper way to reveal plot, to what is and is not the right word in the right place, all of which produced exactly the right effect on this reader." --Valentina Aversano, Setteperuno
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
853/.92
Synopsis
Diego is a forty-something car salesman with a talent for telling half-truths. Fausto sells watches over the phone. Claudio manages (barely) his family-owned neighborhood supermarket. The characteristic common to each of these three men is their abject mediocrity. Yet, mediocrity being the mother of outrageous invention, they embark on a project that would be too ambitious in scope for any single one of them, let alone all three together. They decide to flee the city and to open a rustic holiday farmhouse in the Italian countryside outside Naples. Their misconceived endeavor would have been challenging enough for these three unlikely entrepreneurs, but when a local mobster arrives and demands they pay him protection money things go from bad to worse. Now their ordinary (if wrongheaded) attempt to run a small business in an area that organized crime syndicates consider their own becomes a quixotic act of defiance. A "miraculous" Italian comedy that will have readers laughing out loud, Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles marks Fabio Bartolomei's vivid debut., A raucous debut novel of organized--and unorganized--crime. "A story that takes itself unseriously enough to be funny" ( The Daily Beast , "This Week's Hot Reads"). Diego is a forty-something car salesman with a talent for telling half-truths. Fausto sells watches over the phone. Claudio manages (barely) his family-owned neighborhood supermarket. The characteristic common to each of these three men is their abject mediocrity. Yet, mediocrity being the mother of outrageous invention, they embark on a project that would be too ambitious in scope for any single one of them, let alone all three together. They decide to flee the city and to open a rustic holiday farmhouse in the Italian countryside outside Naples. Their misconceived endeavor would have been challenging enough for these three unlikely entrepreneurs, but when a local mobster arrives and demands they pay him protection money, things go from bad to worse. Now their ordinary (if wrongheaded) attempt to run a small business in an area that organized crime syndicates consider their own becomes a quixotic act of defiance. A "miraculous" Italian comedy that will have readers laughing out loud, Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles marks Fabio Bartolomei's vivid debut. "An entertaining and humorous debut."-- La Repubblica "A melancholy yet hopeful fable told with a smile."-- Internazionale "Left the kind of smile on my face that doesn't go unnoticed and which people often mistake for a kind of facial paralysis."--Valentina Aversano, Setteperuno, Diego is a forty-something car salesman with a talent for telling half-truths. Fausto sells watches over the phone. Claudio manages (barely) his family-owned neighborhood supermarket. The characteristic common to each of these three men is their abject mediocrity. Yet, mediocrity being the mother of outrageous invention, they embark on a project that would be too ambitious in scope for any single one of them, let alone all three together. They decide to flee the city and to open a rustic holiday farmhouse in the Italian countryside outside Naples. Things would have been challenging enough for these three unlikely entrepreneurs, but when a local mobster arrives and demands they pay him protection money things go from bad to worse. Now their ordinary (if wrongheaded) attempt to run a small business in an area that organized crime syndicates consider their own becomes a quixotic act of defiance., Diego is a forty-something car salesman with a talent for telling half-truths. Fausto sells watches over the phone. Claudio manages (barely) his family-owned neighbourhood supermarket. What these three men have in common is their abject mediocrity. Together they embark on an ambitious project to run a holiday farmhouse outside of Naples, only to run into trouble from a local mobster. Suddenly their ordinary business becomes a quixotic act of defiance. A miraculous' Italian comedy that will delight and surprise readers, Alfa Romeo 1300 marks Fabio Bartolomei's debut.'
LC Classification Number
PQ4902.A7775
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