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Diego De Silva

Born 1964 · Italy

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  • In English

    Strega 2008 · Shortlist

    I Hadn't Understood

    Non avevo capito niente

    Diego De Silva · 43 when first published

    Novel · 368 pages · Crime, Satire

    AI-generated summary:Vincenzo Malinconico, a Neapolitan lawyer who mostly pretends to work, is abandoned by his wife. Then he is assigned to defend a Camorra gravedigger, and the most beautiful woman in the courthouse falls for him.