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Giuseppe Conte

Born 1945 · Italy

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    Strega 2005 · Shortlist

    La casa delle onde

    Title translated by AI:“The House of the Waves”

    Giuseppe Conte · 60 when first published

    Novel · 337 pages · Historical, Crime

    AI-generated summary:In July 1822 the poet Shelley drowns in a shipwreck off Viareggio. Everyone blames a storm, but in Lerici a young harbour captain, once an officer in Napoleon's navy, suspects something more mysterious.