Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
As God Commands
As God Commands | Niccolò Ammaniti
2 posts | 4 read | 1 to read
From the internationally best-selling author of I'm Not Scared comes a dizzying and compulsively readable novel set in a moribund town in industrial Italy, where a father and son contend with a hostile world and their own inner demons. The economically depressed village of Varrano, where Cristiano Zena lives with his hard-drinking, out-of-work father, Rino, is a world away from the picturesque, light-drenched towns of travel-brochure Italy. When Rino and his rough-edged cronies Danilo and Quattro Formaggi come up with a plan to reverse all their fortunes, Cristiano wonders if maybe their lives are poised for deliverance after all. Perhaps the beautiful and aloof Fabiana will take notice of him, and perhaps he will no longer have to worry about child services coming to separate him from his dad. But the plan goes horribly awry. On a night of apocalyptic weather, each character will act in a way that will have irreversible consequences for themselves and others, and Cristiano will find his life changed forever, and not in the way he had hoped. Gritty and relentless, As God Commands moves at breakneck speed, blending brutal violence, dark humor, and surprising tenderness. With clear-eyed affection, Niccolo Ammaniti introduces a cast of unforgettable characters trapped at the crossroads of hope and despair.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
review
KOTK
The Crossroads | Niccolò Ammaniti
Pickpick

This was a shock to me. Lifted after hearing a review and as good as they said it was they did not get close. How can I love a lead character so loathsome as the father but I just did. If you are not a fan of black comedy avoid but I devoured this in no time and loved it all.

review
Aimee
As God Commands | Niccolò Ammaniti
Pickpick

Gritty, sad yet funny and absurd. Rich characters.