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Cristiano is sixteen. Home life is far from perfect, and when his drink-sozzled father and two reprobate friends come up with a plan to rob a bank, Cristiano sees the chance of a better life. But as a tremendous storm brews that night, the perfect crime will have shocking consequences for all involved. And Cristiano must put childhood behind him once and for all.
The utterly absorbing novel has pace, plot twists and glorious characters. An epic drama of innocence and delusion, The Crossroads is Ammaniti's most engaging novel yet.
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"The new Italian word for talent is Ammaniti." (The Times)
"A master storyteller." (Michael Dibdin Guardian)
"Exuberant and audacious." (Observer)
"A work of enviable, disturbing power. A tornado-book." (Le Point)
"Ammaniti's new novel grabs you by the throat and heart. Compelling." (Elle)
"Ammaniti is a gifted storyteller." (Jane Shilling The Times 2009-01-10)
"Offers an artful stitching of plots and cinematic, horror-dazed images, and Jonathan Hunt's translation is exemplary." (Ian Thompson Observer 2009-01-04)
"Fastpaced . . . [and] undeniably engaging." (Big Issue Scotland 2009-01-22)
"The Crossroads firmly places Niccolo Ammaniti as one of the leading Italian novelists of his generation." (Christian House Independent on Sunday)
"In a country where church and state remain indelibly linked, Ammaniti shows God as the ultimate arbiter of this struggle. Prayers materialise like dice throws resulting either in absolution or damnation. In fact, it would be hard to find a more inventive, incisive examination of faith, in all its forms, than this extraordinary work." (Christian House Independent on Sunday 2009-02-22)
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"A master storyteller." (Michael Dibdin Guardian)
"Exuberant and audacious." (Observer)
"A work of enviable, disturbing power. A tornado-book." (Le Point)
"Ammaniti's new novel grabs you by the throat and heart. Compelling." (Elle)
"Ammaniti is a gifted storyteller." (Jane Shilling The Times 2009-01-10)
"Offers an artful stitching of plots and cinematic, horror-dazed images, and Jonathan Hunt's translation is exemplary." (Ian Thompson Observer 2009-01-04)
"Fastpaced . . . [and] undeniably engaging." (Big Issue Scotland 2009-01-22)
"The Crossroads firmly places Niccolo Ammaniti as one of the leading Italian novelists of his generation." (Christian House Independent on Sunday)
"In a country where church and state remain indelibly linked, Ammaniti shows God as the ultimate arbiter of this struggle. Prayers materialise like dice throws resulting either in absolution or damnation. In fact, it would be hard to find a more inventive, incisive examination of faith, in all its forms, than this extraordinary work." (Christian House Independent on Sunday 2009-02-22)
The prizewinning international bestseller from the author of I'm Not Scared
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- PublisherCanongate Books Ltd
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1847670377
- ISBN 13 9781847670373
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages416
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