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The new Italian word for talent is Ammaniti. * * The Times * * A master storyteller. -- Michael Dibdin * * Guardian * * Exuberant and audacious. * * Observer * * A work of enviable, disturbing power. A tornado-book. * * Le Point * * Ammaniti's new novel grabs you by the throat and heart. Compelling. * * Elle * * Ammaniti is a gifted storyteller. -- Jane Shilling * * The Times * * Offers an artful stitching of plots and cinematic, horror-dazed images, and Jonathan Hunt's translation is exemplary. -- Ian Thompson * * Observer * * Fastpaced . . . [and] undeniably engaging. * * Big Issue Scotland * * The Crossroads firmly places Niccolo Ammaniti as one of the leading Italian novelists of his generation. -- Christian House * * Independent on Sunday * * In a country where church and state remain indelibly linked, Ammaniti shows God as the ultimate arbiter of this struggle. Prayers materialise like dice throws resulting either in absolution or damnation. In fact, it would be hard to find a more inventive, incisive examination of faith, in all its forms, than this extraordinary work. -- Christian House * * Independent on Sunday * * Hunt's translation is deft and fluent . . . The Crossroads is a black thriller with the momentum of an action-packed Hollywood movie, and it makes for engrossing if unsettling and even terrifying reading. -- Joseph Farrell * * Times Literary Supplement * *
Cristiano is sixteen. Home life is far from perfect, and when his drink-sozzled father and two reprobate friends come up with a plan to rob a bank, Cristiano sees the chance of a better life. But as a tremendous storm brews that night, the perfect crime will have shocking consequences for all involved. And Cristiano must put childhood behind him once and for all. The utterly absorbing novel has pace, plot twists and glorious characters. An epic drama of innocence and delusion, The Crossroads is Ammaniti's most engaging novel yet.
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Librería: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Cristiano is sixteen. Home life is far from perfect, and when his drink-sozzled father and two reprobate friends come up with a plan to rob a bank, Cristiano sees the chance of a better life. But as a tremendous storm brews that night, the perfect crime will have shocking consequences for all involved. And Cristiano must put childhood behind him once and for all. The utterly absorbing novel has pace, plot twists and glorious characters. An epic drama of innocence and delusion, The Crossroads is Ammaniti's most engaging novel yet. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Nº de ref. del artículo: GOR001461088
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Librería: Bahamut Media, Reading, Reino Unido
Condición: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee. Nº de ref. del artículo: 6545-9781847670373
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Librería: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Reino Unido
Condición: Good. Main. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: GRP18637049
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Librería: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. 2009. Paperback. Fine copy with minor shelf wear. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Nº de ref. del artículo: KJE0003358
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Librería: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Librería: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Irlanda
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