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Praise for The Breaking of a Wave But beneath the boundless flow of colorful anecdote, character portrait, and discursive dialogue in and around the Tuscan town of Forte dei Marmi, there's a story about the lonely daydreams of outsiders...this immense, good-natured, self-indulgent tale offers a cumulative celebration of life in shaggy dog form. -Kirkus Open the book to any page...and find there traces of impeccable humor and of daring magic, of innocence and of sensuality, as if the entire book had been animated by a single, unique breath of life. -Aldo Grasso, Corriere della Sera A timeless tale of the power of imagination and of the strength possessed solely by those still capable of astonishment, of the extraordinary experience of being unconventional, even when suffering may sometimes be the consequence. -Elena Masuelli, TuttoLibri-La Stampa

Nothing grows in this Tuscan backwater except the wild imagination of Fiorenzo, a 19-year-old metal head. He lives for his garage band, horror movies and fishing in the murky irrigation ditches outside of town. But when his path crosses with Mirko, the teenage cycling phenomenon, and Tiziana, the smart but frustrated head of the local youth centre turned refuge for the town's hard-drinking seniors; his world will never be the same. Told with the tenderness of a Fellini film, this contemporary novel continues the great tradition of Italian literature and cinema.