From the bestselling Italian author comes a novel based on the true story of a priest who refused to surrender...
The school year is finished, exams are over and summer stretches before seventeen-year-old Federico, full of promise and opportunity. But then he accepts a request from one of his teachers to help out at a youth club in the destitute Sicilian neighbourhood of Brancaccio. This narrow tangle of alleyways is controlled by local mafia thugs, but it is also the home of children like Francesco, Maria, Dario, Totò: children with none of Federico's privileges, but with a strength and vitality that changes his life forever.
Written in intensely passionate and lyrical prose, What Hell Is Not is the phenomenal Italian bestseller about a man who brought light to one of the darkest corners of Sicily, and who refused to give up on the future of its children. Perfect for fans of Elena Ferrante and Roberto Saviano.
- ISBN10 1786072750
- ISBN13 9781786072757
- Publish Date 24 January 2019
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 31 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oneworld Publications
- Edition Hardback
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 368
- Language English