{"product_id":"9781805331742","title":"So People Know It's Me","description":"By: Francesca Benvenuto     \u003chr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this audaciously original debut, a teenager is sent to juvenile prison off the coast of Naples where he dreams—and writes—of a better future\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBringing 90s Naples to life, this virtuosic Italian novel is an extraordinarily moving and thought-provoking look at criminal justice and life in an isolated juvenile detention centre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZeno is 15, a child in the eyes of the law, but he grew up long ago in the dusty heat of a crime-riddled neighbourhood in Naples. Winding down cobbled streets on his motorbike, he started his career as a petty thief to supplement his mother's income and, every now and then, take his girlfriend Natalina out for pizza in the city’s starlit piazzas. A quick hand at pickpocketing and selling drugs, Zeno is confronted by another boy from a rival gang who has been tasked with taking out the competition. He shoots three times, the boy drops dead, and Zeno is sent to Nisida, an infamous juvenile prison-island off the Neapolitan coast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeparated from all he loves by the cruel, glittering sea, with a cell window looking out at the distant beaches, Zeno promises a prison school teacher he’ll write down the story of his life in exchange for a visit home at Christmas. But the sea has eyes everywhere, and someone on the outside wants revenge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoldly original and deeply humane, \u003ci\u003eSo People Know It’s Me\u003c\/i\u003e unleashes Zeno’s luminous, unguarded and defiant voice – dreaming of a fragile future beyond Nisida’s walls. Translated from a unique blend of Italian and Neapolitan dialect, this is a mesmerising and powerful debut novel, the winner of the Nabokov Prize, borne out of the author’s own work as a criminal lawyer called upon to defend minors.","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":47080647655651,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9781805331742","price":115.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9781805331742.jpg?v=1757364007","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/en-mo\/products\/9781805331742","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}