When he’s handed the case of a little boy named Michele, who disappeared from his parents’ car at a highway rest stop without leaving a trace, detective Striggio is going through a rough patch. On the home front, Leo would like him to stop hiding their affair, especially from Striggio’s father, who, in turn, is on his way from Bologna with some startling news himself. The disappearance of Michele - a "special" child, as extraordinarily gifted as he is incapable of relating to others - has the effect of a time bomb ticking down to disaster.
Marcello Fois (Nuoro, 1960) is a novelist, playwright and screenwriter for film and television. He made his fiction debut in 1992 with Ferro recente, followed by numerous titles including Sempre caro, winner of the 1998 Scerbanenco Award. In 2007 his novel Memoria del vuoto was a three-time winner of the Super Grinzane Cavour, Volponi and Alassio prizes. His novel Nel tempo di mezzo made the short list for the Strega Prize in 2012, and L’importanza dei luoghi comuni came out the following year.
