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2006 Nominated

The Ballad of the Low Lifes

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Meet Vittorio and Milo, two young grifters living by their wits in modern Turin, getting by on petty scams and swindles. The two young men have kept an idea in a back drawer for years, the Big C – the Big Con. They’re sure it will make them rich, but so far it’s remained a pipe dream. Enter Milo’s uncle Grissino, a con man with years of experience, who immediately grasps the potential of the Big C and joins the enterprise. Include Cristina, Milo’s girlfriend and the object of Vittorio’s hopeless passion, and you have all the ingredients of success, or disaster!

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Enrico
Remmert

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Aubrey
Botsford

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Italy
Original Language
Italian
Publisher
Toby Press Ltd.
Translator
Aubrey Botsford

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