Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Italian literature

The Story of My Purity

by Francesco Pacifico & Stephen Twilley

An exuberant tale of a man caught between faith and freedom, from one of Italy’s most talented young novelists

Thirty years old, growing flabby in a sexless marriage, Piero Rosini has decided to dedicate his...

A Pimp's Notes

by Giorgio Faletti & Antony Shugaar

From a bestselling Italian author comes a sharply observed new mystery set in the seedy underworld of 1970s Milan

Giorgio Faletti’s first thriller, I Kill, took Europe by storm, selling over five million copies....

Sicilian Tragedee

by Ottavio Cappellani & Frederika Randall

Balding, forty-something Mister Alfio Turrisi, an up-and-coming mafioso in Catania, has the deep pockets that London’s financial world loves. He, in turn, loves Betty, the spoiled young daughter of Turi Pirrotta,...

The Marchesa

by Simonetta Agnello Hornby & Alastair Mcewen

A richly evocative tale of a woman's struggle for life and love  A triumphant follow-up to Simonetta Agnello Hornby's internationally

acclaimed The Almond Picker, this entertaining new novel is an intricate...

The Natural Disorder of Things

by Andrea Canobbio & Abigail Asher

Claudio Fratta is a garden designer at the height of his career; a naturally solitary man, a tender, playful companion to his nephews, and a considerate colleague. But under his amiable exterior simmers a quiet...