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L’istinto del lupo
“The Wolf's Instinct” (title translated by AI)
Massimo Lugli (born 1955)
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The line between the villas of the rich and the camps of the homeless is as thin as a knife blade. On one side are women wrapped in French perfume, liveried servants and au pair girls; on the other, soup kitchens, makeshift beds in the cold and love stolen from daily despair. Between these two worlds runs the fierce fable of the boy who became the Wolf, through assaults, fights, betrayals, murders and revenge that force him to choose. Around him are the wise Tamoa, the sensual Parvati and the brutal Ivan, against the background of the 1970s, their political fury and the fights with spanners that foreshadow terrorism.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 334 pages in the original
- Genres
- Crime, Politics, Coming of age (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Italy, 1970s
- First published
- 2008 by Newton Compton
- Author's age
- 53 when first published
- ISBN
9788854112155 (original)