Black September: The gripping, moving story of one unforgettable summer, by the international bestselling author of The Hummingbird

A dazzling, devastating coming-of-age story by the bestselling author of The Hummingbird'As I read Black September, I kept thinking of Fellini's great film, Amarcord - the young boy's world, the eccentricity, the colour, the brilliance.It's a gem of a novel; I loved it. RODDY DOYLE'A perfect novel . . . Melancholic and playful . . . Veronesi proves himself a master'LA STAMPA'A luminous declaration of love for the fragile fault lines that shape us'CORRIERE DELLA SERA'A novel on a tightrope . . . Between a nostalgic portrait of an Italy marked by the turbulence of the seventies and a psychological thriller, Black September is a strangely addictive novel that leaves the reader changed'L'ECHOS'Magnificent . . . Pure delight'SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNGSummer, 1972. At his family's summer house in Versilia, Tuscany, twelve-year-old Gigio Bellandi's life is changing: caught on the cusp of adolescence, he finds the familiar places and people newly strange and intoxicating.As he discovers the adult thr