Time on My Hands - by Giorgio Vasta (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A debut novel about childhood and terrorism, innocence and cruelty, from one of Italy's finest new writers. "Time on My Hands" unfolds during the annus horribilis of 1978, when Italy was transfixed by leftist acts of terrorism and a trio of children takes these ideas to a dangerous edge.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>When does a game stop being a game? And what would cause a young boy to commit an act of savage violence? In <i>Time on My Hands </i>by Giorgio Vasta, the year is 1978, and a chilling drama is unfolding in Rome. Members of a leftist terrorist group known as the Red Brigades have kidnapped the former Italian prime minister, Aldo Moro, and are holding him in a secret prison, while broadcasting their demands to the public. <br>Far from Rome, in Palermo, Sicily, a trio of eleven-year-old schoolboys are following Moro's abduction with intense interest. To their minds, the terrorists are warriors, striking a blow at the stifling conformity and propriety of everyday Italian life. Just like the Red Brigades, the boys give themselves code names: Nimbus, Radius, and Flight. They shave their heads, develop a secret language, and begin a life of escalating crime in worshipful imitation of their heroes. But when Moro's body is discovered in the trunk of a car, riddled with bullets, and as the stakes of the friends' games grow higher, Nimbus, the most innocent of the three, must decide just how far he is willing to go.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Giorgio Vasta</b> was born in Palermo in 1970 and currently lives in Turin. In Italy, <i>Time on My Hands</i> was selected for the Premio Strega 2009 and was a finalist for the Prix Dessì, the Premio Berto, and the Dedalus Award. Vasta has edited several anthologies and writes for the literary blog <i>Minima et Moralia</i>.</p>
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