Let the Games Begin - by Niccolao Ammaniti (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"First published in English in Great Britain in 2013 by Canongate Books Ltd"--T.p. verso.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"This book pulls off a rare feat: an action-packed but well-paced satire populated with characters rather than caricatures" --"Publishers Weekly"<BR><BR>"[A] raunchy, satirical romp." --Ian Rankin, author of the Inspector Rebus series<BR><BR>""Let the Games Begin" may well be the print version of "La Dolce Vita" set today." --"L'Unita"<BR><BR>"Niccolo Ammaniti has constructed a novel you will not easily forget, rescuing the genius of Federico Fellini to mix chaos, social criticism and chronic human frailties . . . A fast-paced, fevered comedy . . . Ammaniti is the most gifted writer of his generation." --"El Mundo"<BR><BR>"Brilliant, smooth, neurotic, and at times scathing." --"Le Monde"<BR><BR>"A bittersweet book where you laugh knowing that there really isn't anything to laugh about." --"La Repubblica"<br><br>"Niccolo Ammaniti has constructed a novel you will not easily forget, rescuing the genius of Federico Fellini to mix chaos, social criticism and chronic human frailties . . . A fast-paced, fevered comedy . . . Ammaniti is the most gifted writer of his generation." --"El Mundo"<BR><BR>"Brilliant, smooth, neurotic, and at times scathing." --"Le Monde"<BR><BR>"A bittersweet book where you laugh knowing that there really isn't anything to laugh about." --"La Repubblica"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Niccolo Ammaniti was born in Rome in 1966. He has written two collections of short stories and six novels, four of which have been translated into English. His second novel, "I'll Steal You Away," was long listed for The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. He was the youngest ever winner of the Italian Viareggio Literary Prize for Fiction for his best-selling novel "I'm Not Scared," which has been translated into thirty-five languages. "As God Commands" received the prestigious Premio Strega Prize in 2007, and his novel "Me and You" was made into a feature film by Bernardo Bertolucci. <BR>Kylee Doust [translator] studied Italian literature and linguistics at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She has lived in Italy since 1998.
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