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Lorenzo has a few issues. They include the fact that he doesn't have, or want, any friends. Because this is making his parents unhappy, he tells them he has been invited on a skiing holiday with a group from school. In fact, he is planning to spend the week happily ensconced in the cellar of their apartment building with a supply of canned tuna. Then his estranged older sister Olivia turns up in the cellar with some issues of her own. Over the next few days, as Lorenzo helps her through her heroin withdrawal, they form an intense bond. And Olivia reveals some secrets that the family have kept from Lorenzo. Niccol Ammaniti, the author of the hugely popular I'm Not Scared, has been described as 'the best novelist of his generation'. With this breathtaking novel, he has produced a small masterpiece.

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A #1 bestseller in Italy Immensely engaging . . . Both tender and emotionally arresting, Ammaniti's novel is unforgettable. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) [Niccolo Ammaniti] elegizes adolescence fiercely and sympathetically. His 14-year-old hero, Lorenzo Cumi, is a great character, part Young Werther, part Kurt Cobain . . . [ Me and You ] is scary, lovely and at last a heartbreaker. -- Kirkus Review [Ammaniti] writes with an unadorned style about moral predicaments of the young in small-town Italy . . . Lorenzo reminds an American reader of . . . other teenage misfits from Holden Caulfield to Colin in Alan Sillitoe's Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner . --The Arts Fuse Italian author Niccolo Ammaniti does a lot in 160 pages, including surprise, humor, and frighten you--sometimes simultaneously. --Daily Candy Ammaniti's prose is nimble, perceptive and economical . . . There's a lot to love about this book--its reticent empathy, its delicate and pragmatic treatment of addiction, its remarkable use of restricted physical space. --Full Stop Me and You takes a short time to read but offers a memorable experience in a mutual recognition of loneliness and grief. --Curled Up with a Good Book Praise for Niccolo Ammaniti Exuberant and audacious. -- Observer (UK) The new Italian word for talent is Ammaniti. -- The Times (UK) A fearsomely gifted writer. -- Independent (UK) A master storyteller. -- Guardian (UK) Europe's hottest novelist. -- Kirkus Reviews --A #1 bestseller in Italy Immensely engaging . . . Both tender and emotionally arresting, Ammaniti's novel is unforgettable. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) [Niccolo Ammaniti] elegizes adolescence fiercely and sympathetically. His 14-year-old hero, Lorenzo Cumi, is a great character, part Young Werther, part Kurt Cobain . . . [ Me and You ] is scary, lovely and at last a heartbreaker. -- Kirkus Review [Ammaniti] writes with an unadorned style about moral predicaments of the young in small-town Italy . . . Lorenzo reminds an American reader of . . . other teenage misfits from Holden Caulfield to Colin in Alan Sillitoe's Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner . -The Arts Fuse Praise for Niccolo Ammaniti Exuberant and audacious. - Observer (UK) The new Italian word for talent is Ammaniti. - The Times (UK) A fearsomely gifted writer. - Independent (UK) A master storyteller. - Guardian (UK) Europe's hottest novelist. -- Kirkus Reviews -- Me and You sold over 500,000 copies in Italy -- A #1 bestseller in Italy Exuberant and audacious. - Observer The new Italian word for talent is Ammaniti. - The Times A fearsomely gifted writer. - Independent A master storyteller. - Guardian Europe's hottest novelist. -- Kirkus Reviews

-- Me and You sold over 500,000 copies in Italy<br>-- A #1 bestseller in Italy<br><br> Exuberant and audacious. - Observer <br><br> The new Italian word for talent is Ammaniti. - The Times <br><br> A fearsomely gifted writer. - Independent <br><br> A master storyteller. - Guardian <br><br> Europe's hottest novelist. -- Kirkus Reviews <br>

--A #1 bestseller in Italy<br><br> Immensely engaging . . . Both tender and emotionally arresting, Ammaniti's novel is unforgettable. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)<br>

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