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As God Commands
Come Dio Comanda
Niccolò Ammaniti (born 1966)
Translated by Jonathan Hunt
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As God Commands
Black Cat · United States · 2009 · 406 pages
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On a rain-soaked plain on the margins of everything, where fields and rivers mingle with sheds, small villas and car dealerships, live a father and son, Rino and Cristiano Zena, bound by a visceral love that feeds on domination and violence. They scrape by proudly with two hapless friends: Quattro Formaggi, left strange by an accident with high-voltage cables, and Danilo, abandoned by his wife and marked by the loss of his daughter. One day they decide the time has come to turn their lives around with a simple plan, to break into a cash machine, and the four of them meet on a stormy night crowded with ghosts and remorse, as the rivers burst their banks.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 495 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family, Crime (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Italy
- First published
- 2006 by Mondadori
- Author's age
- 40 when first published
- ISBN
9788804502791 (original)
9780802170675 (Black Cat, United States)
- More
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