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Un buon posto per morire |
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| Tullio Avoledo and Boosta Davide Dileo |
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Tullio Avoledo and Davide Dileo (Boosta) met in 2009, when they performed together at a reading. After numerous conversations on conspiracies, Un buon posto per morire was born, a historical novel centered on Leonardo Contrera and Claire Madigan, who are bound by a shared tragedy. Their children, who were in love with one another, were murdered after they started playing a video game in which the date of the end of the world was disclosed. Leonardo and Claire’s lives are now in danger, for there are those who would go to any lengths to discover that date. Few know the truth, save a handful of politicians, captains of industry and finance, and religious and military leaders who know that the Black Sun, an enormous asteroid, is hurtling towards Earth and there are only 30 days to stop it. Each group in on the secret is plotting against the others, for their own interests. However, centuries ago someone created an instrument to combat this diabolical conspiracy.
Tullio Avoledo (Valvasone, 1957) lives and works in Pordenone. He wanted to study the theatre and film arts but instead opted for Law and upon graduating from university worked as a consultant for a company making personal computers and as copywriter for an advertising agency. At the same time, he worked as a translator from English to Italian and wrote for a local paper. Married with two children, he currently works in the legal office of the Banca di Pordenone. In 2003 he published both his first novel, L'elenco telefonico di Atlantide, and his second, Il Mare di Bering.
A self-described “mujaheddin of entertainment,” Davide Dileo (Turin, 1974), a.k.a. Boosta, is a DJ, pilot, composer, radio and television personality and, above all, keyboard player and founder of Subsonica. He began studying piano at the age of six and, at 15, with his friend Samuel Umberto Romano, joined the band Gli amici di Roland. He has also played with Iconoclash (who do electric guitar covers of 1980s Italian glitter pop classics) and Caesar Palace. On TV he hosted the program La 25a ora, and on the radio, Coppia aperta. In 2007 he began writing the closing column of the music magazine XL/Repubblica and in 2008 began writing for La Stampa. Writer and director of the documentary Surfin’ Torino, as of 2010 Boosta is also artistic director of Bookstock, the section of the Turin Book Salon dedicated to children’s literature.
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