The Mirror Maker: Stories and EssaysI hope the reader will be indulgent toward the extreme dispersion of themes, tones, and angles of approach that he will find in this collection. My justification is: the 'pieces' are situated in an arc of time that is close to a quarter of a century, the time of my almost total fidelity to LA STAMPA: and in twenty five years many things change, inside us and around us. Furthermore, they are conditioned by my intrinsic libertinage, in part willed, in

Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium

develops an ear for rock music

and entertaining novel from bestselling author Jonas Jonasson that will have readers howling out-loud at the escapades and misfortunes of its beloved hundred-year-old hero Allan Karlsson and his irresistible sidekick Julius

the Dark Knight returns in a blaze of fury

undocumented life in London

folk tales

pop culture fact: Charles Lamb features as a key author enjoyed by the characters in novel and film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)

a terrible flu begins to spread

and erudite look at the way in which the most powerful nation on earth came together

Not sleeping through the night is 'just a phase

and a little more wisdom

Four years before the events of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies