Let the Games Begin

Niccolò Ammaniti

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The prize-winning international bestseller from the author of I’m Not Scared

The world might be in the throes of a global recession but when an author on the brink of despair, an enigmatic musician, a supermodel and a Satanic sect meet with the cream of Italian high society at the home of a Roman property tycoon, the world outside the mansion’s walls is soon forgotten.
There’s going to be one hell of a party. And you’ve got a VIP ticket.


“A raunchy satirical romp”
Ian Rankin

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“[A] hilarious modern farce”
the Times

“Riotously, and very readably, satirical, Ammaniti has a ball poking fun at the excesses of the Berlusconi era and the insecurities of writers”
herald

“Funny and sharp-eyed”
literary Review

“A master storyteller.”
guardian


Niccolò Ammaniti

Niccolò Ammaniti was born in Rome in 1966. He is the author of six novels translated into English and two short story collections. Several of his novels have been adapted for film, including Steal You Away, which was longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, The Crossroads, winner of the Premio Strega Prize 2007, and the international bestseller I’m Not Scared, which won the prestigious Italian Viareggio-Repaci Prize for Fiction and has been translated into thirty-five languages.

Kylee Doust studied Italian literature and linguistics at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She has lived in Italy since 1998.


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