Last Man Standing

Author: Davide Longo

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Price : $37.99 NZD
ISBN : 9780857051226
Publisher : Quercus Publishing Plc
Imprint : MacLehose Press
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Publication date : 01 July 2012
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Availability date : 01 September 2012
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Italy is on the brink of collapse. Borders are closed, banks withhold money, the postal service stalls. Armed gangs of drug-fuelled youths roam the countryside. Leonardo was a famous writer and professor before a sex scandal ended his marriage and career. Heading north in search of her new husband, his ex-wife leaves their daughter and her son in his care. If he is to take them to safety, he will need to find a quality he has never possessed: courage.

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'We suspect that Davide Longo is the most talented and intense Italian novelist of his generation' Valentina Pigmei, G.Q. 'The story in L'uomo Verticale might sound familiar, if it weren't for the fact that Davide Longo has written it better than anyone else' Daria Bignardi, Vanity Fair. 'Davide Longo writes very little, and writes like a God' Max.

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Davide Longo was born in 1971 in the Province of Torino. In addition to novels he writes books for children, short stories and articles, and his texts have been used in musical and theatre productions. Silvester Mazzarella is a distinguished translator of Italian and Swedish literature.