A Note About the Translator
Antony Shugaar is a writer and translator. He has translated screenplays for movies and TV shows that have appeared on Netflix, HBO, and Amazon. He is the author of a number of books and has translated hundreds of others, including The Piranhas, by Roberto Saviano. He is the editor in chief of a new press focusing on translated fiction. You can sign up for email updates here.
CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
DEDICATION
EPIGRAPH
CHARACTERS
PART ONE: KISSES
HE’S BORN
QUICKSAND
STOP CRYING
JACK OF HEARTS
IN THE ANIMAL’S DEN
HIGH SPEED
SUNDAY
THIS IS BUSINESS
A DERANGED PLAN
PIRANHAS
PLIERS
DELIVERY
THE SOLDIER’S MOTHER
EXCURSION TO MILAN
THE SOCIAL WORKER
THE GIFT
THE CONTACT
THE BIRTHDAY CANDLE
CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY
THE MORTGAGE REVOLUTION
CHICCHIRICHÌ
VIDEO
THE CONFEDERATION
PART TWO: THE BOY KINGS OF NAPLES
THE VISIT
AT THE ROYAL PALACE
A PERFECT SHAVE
DRIVING SCHOOL
TOURISTS IN ROME
PYRE
FRIENDS
DOGFIGHT
HERE WE ARE, HERE WE STAY
THE PARANZA COMES FROM THE SEA
FULL METAL JACKET
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
THE BASKET OF APPLES
PROOF
FORGIVENESS
GENGHIS KHAN
STADIUM
BIG PARTY
PART THREE: YOU WHO EDUCATE
MASS
BACKLIT
THE COPS ALL OVER HIM
ON THE RUN
THE HIDING PLACE
FROM EARTH AND SKY
TOWARD THE CORONATION
FLESH AND BLOOD
F12
ALSO BY ROBERTO SAVIANO
A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND TRANSLATOR
COPYRIGHT
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Copyright © 2017 by Roberto Saviano
Translation copyright © 2020 by Antony Shugaar
All rights reserved
Originally published in Italian by Feltrinelli Editore, Italy, as Bacio feroce
English translation published in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
First American edition, 2020
E-book ISBN: 978-0-374-71754-4
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