Let the Games Begin

Author:   Niccolò Ammaniti ,  Kylee Doust
Publisher:   Black Cat
ISBN:  

9780802121110


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   06 August 2013
Format:   Paperback
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'How long's it been since we took the bloody oath?' Saverio shrugged. 'A few years.' Zombie pointed a grissino at his chief. 'In all this time, what have we ever accomplished?' 'All those things you promised...How many of them have we done?' Murder chimed in. 'You said we'd make loads of human sacrifices, but we haven't seen hide nor hair of them. And what about the initiation ritual with the virgins? And the Satanic orgies?' It is the most decadent party of the century. A nouveau riche real estate magnate has planned a lavish weekend for a who's-who of celebrities-starlets, politicians, soccer stars and intellectuals. Among them is a neurotically charming author struggling to write his next book and hoping to rejuvenate his reputation. In an unexpected turn of events, he crosses paths with the Wilde Beasts of Abaddon, a satanic sect planning to ruin the evening's festivities and become celebrated as a world-famous cult. What was intended as the most lavish spectacle of the year quickly descends into chaos. In Let the Games Begin, international best-selling author Niccol Ammaniti fuses a riotous dose of absurdity with a clear-eyed critique of the superficiality and vulgarity of modern culture. Let the Games Begin may well be, as Italian left-wing daily L'Unit remarked, 'the print version of La Dolce Vita for the present day.'

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Author:   Niccolò Ammaniti ,  Kylee Doust
Publisher:   Black Cat
Imprint:   Black Cat
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 20.80cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780802121110


ISBN 10:   080212111
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   06 August 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Niccolo Ammaniti has constructed a novel you will not easily forget, rescuing the genius of Federico Fellini to mix chaos, social criticism and chronic human frailties . . . A fast-paced, fevered comedy . . . Ammaniti is the most gifted writer of his generation. -- El Mundo <br><br> Brilliant, smooth, neurotic, and at times scathing. -- Le Monde <br><br> A bittersweet book where you laugh knowing that there really isn't anything to laugh about. -- La Repubblica


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"Niccolo Ammaniti was born in Rome in 1966. He has written two collections of short stories and six novels, four of which have been translated into English. His second novel, ""I'll Steal You Away,"" was long listed for The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. He was the youngest ever winner of the Italian Viareggio Literary Prize for Fiction for his best-selling novel ""I'm Not Scared,"" which has been translated into thirty-five languages. ""As God Commands"" received the prestigious Premio Strega Prize in 2007, and his novel ""Me and You"" was made into a feature film by Bernardo Bertolucci. Kylee Doust [translator] studied Italian literature and linguistics at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She has lived in Italy since 1998."

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