The Discovery of Dawn

by Walter Veltroni

This novel, the first from the mayor of Rome, chronicles two parallel stories. Giovanni Astengo, employed by the Italian State Archives, is driven to uncover the fate of his father, who disappeared in 1977 after the murder of his best friend and colleague. Returning to the former country house of his parents, he is compelled to dial the number of his childhood home, and due to forces unknown, someone answers: his thirteen-year-old self, just days...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847831094
• ISBN13: 9780847831098
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.6"