"First published in Italy in 2006 as Come dio comanda by Mondadori Editor s.p.a."--T.p. verso.
Includes a Grove Press Reading Group Guide, prepared by Lindsey Tate.
Awards
Winner of the Strega Prize.
Summary
Despite his hope that the scheme of his alcoholic father, Rino, and his cronies will land a great fortune for the family, and the hand of the beautiful Fabiana for him, Cristiano finds his life changed in a single night, and not in the way he had hoped.