{"product_id":"alfa-romeo-1300-and-other-miracles-paperback","title":"Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFabio Bartolomei\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAntony Shugaar\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA raucous debut novel of organized--and unorganized--crime. \"A story that takes itself unseriously enough to be funny\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, \"This Week's Hot Reads\").\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiego is a forty-something car salesman with a talent for telling half-truths. Fausto sells watches over the phone. Claudio manages (barely) his family-owned neighborhood supermarket. The characteristic common to each of these three men is their abject mediocrity. Yet, mediocrity being the mother of outrageous invention, they embark on a project that would be too ambitious in scope for any single one of them, let alone all three together. They decide to flee the city and to open a rustic holiday farmhouse in the Italian countryside outside Naples.\u003cbr\u003eTheir misconceived endeavor would have been challenging enough for these three unlikely entrepreneurs, but when a local mobster arrives and demands they pay him protection money, things go from bad to worse. Now their ordinary (if wrongheaded) attempt to run a small business in an area that organized crime syndicates consider their own becomes a quixotic act of defiance.\u003cbr\u003eA \"miraculous\" Italian comedy that will have readers laughing out loud, \u003cem\u003eAlfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles\u003c\/em\u003e marks Fabio Bartolomei's vivid debut. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An entertaining and humorous debut.\"--\u003ci\u003eLa Repubblica\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A melancholy yet hopeful fable told with a smile.\"--\u003ci\u003eInternazionale\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Left the kind of smile on my face that doesn't go unnoticed and which people often mistake for a kind of facial paralysis.\"--Valentina Aversano, \u003ci\u003eSetteperuno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFabio Bartolomei\u003c\/b\u003e works in advertising and lives in Rome. \u003ci\u003eAlfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntony Shugaar\u003c\/b\u003e's translations for Europa Editions include \u003ci\u003eFor Grace Recieved\u003c\/i\u003e by Valeria Parrella, \u003ci\u003eEverybody's Right\u003c\/i\u003e by Paolo Sorrentino, Fabio Bartolomei's \u003ci\u003eAlfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMargherita Dolce Vita\u003c\/i\u003e by Stefano Benni.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770731856160,"sku":"9781609450830","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0c5c67eaaedb2da6160890d159ba6a94.webp?v=1780377714","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/alfa-romeo-1300-and-other-miracles-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}