Again Ammaniti confirms her talent as a storyteller who is not afraid to remain in the realm of the grotesque, but the story seems so surreal closer to reality, perhaps to disgust those few readers who are not yet accustomed to the "reality" television that makes the "trash" a philosophy of life.
There is a certain stylistic maturity than the previous stories, the book is really smooth and a alternation of two episodes initially uncorrelated but then blend in the scene represented by the main party vip-cafona and the final surprise that honors the creativity of Amman.
by its cover (Einaudi):
In the heart of Rome, the building speculators Sasa Chiatti organized in their new residence of Villa Ada, a celebration that will be remembered as the biggest social event in the history of our Republic. Among chefs Bulgarian hitters recruited blacks to the Termini station, cosmetic surgeons, actresses, footballers, tigers, elephants, the big event will see the famous writer Fabrizio Ciba and beasts of Abaddon, a ramshackle satanic cult of Oriolo Romano, swallowed up in an adventure where heroes and extras will set up and unleashed a great human comedy. The comedy of Amman can catch the vices and the few virtues of our age. And the smile that does not abandon throughout the reading drown ideals and feelings. And just, finally, float the remains of a civilization fatua and bulging. Unable to take seriously also his downfall.
