9/16/2023 0 Comments Hidden deep book seriesHe plays a major part in every one of his friends’ lives, pushing them to take chances, like when he convinces Fabio to become a photographer to satisfy his pubescent needs:Īrt suggested photography. He grew up a strangely charismatic, inquisitive spirit who embraced knowledge and discovery, flirting with the arts and sciences, destined for great things. Tony is a successful doctor who, fortunately, hasn’t been rejected by his family for being gay, but finds himself terrified at the life his beloved sister, Elena, has chosen: being married to a low level crime boss.Īnd Art? Art can do it all. Mauro is a lawyer with a beautiful wife and children (a wife, Anna, who, by the way, Fabio has always lusted over), but he’s bored and unhappy. This begins our heroes’ adventure, as the three friends try to piece together the mystery of Art and the man he has become.īut what has become of these friends? Fabio pretends to be a successful fashion photographer, but hides the fact that much of his life is a sham. Now in their mid-thirties, they’ve returned once again, only to discover that Art, the glue that has held them all together, has disappeared. In a town beset by organized crime (run by the ruthless Corona), impotent police, corrupt clergy, and bleak futures, school friends Fabio, Tony, Mauro, and their enigmatic leader, Art, take their first chances to leave and start their own adventurous adult lives. It’s also a book about adulthood, or, rather, about the disappointments of adulthood or what I like to call “life’s ultimate despair.” But really, this is a book about friendship.įour old friends have years ago formed a Pact (capital “P”) to meet back together at the same time every year in their decrepit, small hometown of Casalfranco, in the south of Italy. In many ways, this book reads like a mystery or a crime thriller. It has elements of fantasy, and has been described as such, but it also veers into moments of real horror. Francesco Dimitri’s The Book of Hidden Things is hard to define.
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