We'll sleep when we're old : a novel
Rome, present day: an extravagant, opulent world of fashionable parties, fancy cars, and powerful men and women in a constant dance of excess and intrigue. Oscar Martello, president of a film production company, is a self-made man: despite his humble origins, he has managed to achieve unbelievable fame and success. He is also a cutthroat and ruthless visionary. Andrea Serrano, his best friend, is a scriptwriter who explores the themes of love and murder in his work. The beautiful actress Jacaranda Rizzi, Oscar's muse, has a secret that has been tormenting her for many years. Pulsing with ambition, all three represent the apex of Rome's complex and privileged network of glamorous yet troubled aristocrats. When a fire devastates Oscar's villa in one of the city's most fashionable neighborhoods and he goes missing, all of Rome is left to wonder about his fate. The evidence points to Jacaranda, but could she have orchestrated something so sinister? More important, could she have done it alone, or has Andrea played some role in the debacle?
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- ISBN: 9781501144950
- Physical Description 291 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2017.
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| Language Note: | Translated from the Italian. |
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Library Journal Review
We'll Sleep When We're Old : A Novel
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DEBUT Italian TV producer and newspaper correspondent Corrias's first novel casts a dazzling spotlight on the corrupt world of Rome's contemporary movie aristocracy. Oscar Martello, an ambitious producer and multimillionaire from crimes past and present, vows to ruin everyone connected to his latest anti--Mafia movie if it turns out to be the flop he fears. To prevent a financial hit, he hires muckrakers to help with the film's promotion. He plans to secret his starring actress -Jacaranda Rizzi and screenwriter friend Andrea Serrano in Paris, hoping the yellow press will jump on the story as either a Mafia-vengeance kidnaping or the romantic elopement of two lovers. His hopes are realized until unforeseen complications, including the Italian financial police, threaten to destroy his world. VERDICT Italian corruption hasn't gone out of style since Mario Puzo, the most recent cinematic example being Netflix's Suburra series (adapted from the homonymous novel by Carlo Bonini and Giancarlo de Cataldo). This macho world reappears in Corrias's work, but the focus is not on the lowlife but on aristocratic excess, less murderous yet no less venal. Note that women are treated with vulgar disdain.-Ron Terpening, formerly of Univ. of Arizona, Tucson © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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We'll Sleep When We're Old : A Novel
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The first novel from Italian journalist Corrias explores the rampant corruption and manipulation behind the scenes of Italy's glamorous film industry. Producer Oscar Martello has a big problem on his hands: his latest movie is a complete dud. Rather than accept the inevitable scathing reviews and meager box office that's sure to follow the picture's release, Oscar enlists his best friend, handsome screenwriter Andrea Serrano, in an outrageous scheme. Because the film deals with a woman taking on the Mafia, Martello decides to fake the kidnapping of the movie's lead actress, Jacaranda Rizzi. Martello pays for Andrea to take Jacaranda to Paris with the intention of revealing that Jacaranda wasn't kidnapped but instead had snuck away on a romantic trip with her new screenwriter beau. Martello's plans go awry when a nosy cop starts looking into Jacaranda's disappearance and then shifts his focus to Martello's finances, and Jacaranda reveals a tragic past encounter to Andrea. Fans of salacious reads will find this a satisfying send-up of the Italian film biz.--Huntley, Kristine Copyright 2017 Booklist
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