Time on my hands /
"The year is 1978, and a chilling drama is unfolding in Rome. Members of a leftist terrorist group known as the Red Brigades have kidnapped the former Italian prime minister, Aldo Moro, and are holding him in a secret prison while broadcasting their demands to the public. Far from Rome, in Pale...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Faber and Faber,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| Summary: | "The year is 1978, and a chilling drama is unfolding in Rome. Members of a leftist terrorist group known as the Red Brigades have kidnapped the former Italian prime minister, Aldo Moro, and are holding him in a secret prison while broadcasting their demands to the public. Far from Rome, in Palermo, Sicily, a trio of eleven-year-old schoolboys are following Moro's abduction with intense interest. To their minds, the terrorists are warriors, striking a blow at the stifling conformity and propriety of everyday Italian life"--P. [4] of cover. |
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| Item Description: | "A novel"--Cover. Translation of: Il tempo materiale. |
| Physical Description: | 306 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780865479371 (pbk.) 0865479372 (pbk.) |