Overview
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Ā«Colosal y perturbadora, con mimbres de Truman Capote y Emmanuel CarrĆØreĀ».
Daniel VerdĆŗ, El PaĆs
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En marzo de 2016, en un apartamento situado a las afueras de Roma, dos jĆ³venes de buena familia se pasaron varios dĆas de fiesta, poniĆ©ndose hasta arriba de cocaĆna, pastillas y alcohol. Decidieron invitar a alguien y tras llamar a varios amigos que no podĆan o no contestaban, dieron con Luca Varani, un chico al que apenas conocĆan. Le ofrecieron drogas y dinero a cambio de sexo. Se divirtieron hasta que empezaron a torturarle y terminaron asesinĆ”ndolo a cuchillazos y golpes de martillo. TenĆa 23 aƱos, era hijo de una familia humilde de la periferia, un buen chaval que se buscaba la vida como podĆa. Nadie entendiĆ³ por quĆ© lo hicieron, no hubo respuestas para tanto horror. Desde la cĆ”rcel uno de los asesinos dijo que Ā«querĆan saber que se sentĆa al matar a alguienĀ». TenĆan 28 y 29 aƱos: Manuel Foffo, proveniente de una familia de comerciantes, y Marco Prato, un conocido relaciones pĆŗblicas de la noche gay romana, hijo de un profesor universitario.
El escritor Nicola Lagioia se obsesionĆ³ con el caso. Acababa de recibir el Premio Strega por su anterior novela, el premio mĆ”s importante de Italia, y dedicĆ³ cuatro aƱos de su vida a esta historia. HablĆ³ con todos los implicados, con los amigos y familiares de los tres chicos, accediĆ³ a la investigaciĆ³n y al juicio y llegĆ³ a cartearse con uno de los culpables. Se sumergiĆ³ en lo mĆ”s oscuro de la noche romana y se adentrĆ³ en la inaccesible burguesĆa romana. El resultado es una crĆ³nica literaria mayĆŗscula: una investigaciĆ³n sobre la naturaleza humana bajo el silencio de las calles vacĆas de la ciudad eterna.
Ā«En La ciudad de los vivos estĆ” el temblor de lo que sucede y de lo que no sucede, de lo que llega sin aviso y ya es irreparable y no termina nuncaĀ».
Antonio MuƱoz Molina, Babelia
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ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The true story of the murder that shocked Italy. A ruthless portrait of Rome's dark side.
"Colossal and disturbing, with vines of Truman Capote and Emmanuel CarrĆØre.ā
Daniel VerdĆŗ, El PaĆs
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In March 2016, in an apartment on the outskirts of Rome, two young men from a good family spent several days partying, getting pumped full of cocaine, pills and alcohol. They decided to invite someone over and after calling several friends who could not or did not answer, they found Luca Varani, a boy they hardly knew. They offered him drugs and money in exchange for sex. They had fun until they began to torture him and ended up murdering him with knives and hammer blows. He was 23 years old, he was the son of a humble family on the outskirts, a good kid who did the best he could. No one understood why they did it, there were no answers to such horror. From prison one of the murderers said that they "wanted to know what it felt like when killing someone." They were 28 and 29 years old: Manuel Foffo, from a family of merchants, and Marco Prato, a well-known in public relations of the Roman gay night scene, son of a university professor.
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Writer Nicola Lagioia became obsessed with the case. He had just received the Strega Prize for his previous novel, the highest award in Italy, and he dedicated four years of his life to this story. He spoke with all those involved, with the friends and relatives of the three boys, got access to the investigation and the trial and came to correspond with one of the culprits. He plunged into the darkest Roman night and entered the inaccessible Roman bourgeoisie. The result is a capital literary chronicle: an investigation into human nature under the silence of the empty streets of the Eternal City.
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"In The City of the Living there is the earthquake of what happens and what does not happen, of what comes without warning and is now irreparable and never ends."
Antonio MuƱoz Molina, Babelia
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