Archimede Fusillo – författare

Paul is trying to escape. He''s trying to escape from an Italian heritage that just doesn''t seem to have relevance for him any more, and he''s trying to escape from his nonno. They come from two different worlds, he and his grandfather, and Paul is more interested in his own world – his friends, the girls, the fast cars, the go-carts – than Nonno''s strange and embarrassing behaviour. Nonno is more than just a silly old man getting in the way of Paul''s lifestyle, though. Nonno has more stories to tell than Paul can even begin to imagine. But there is one big problem – Nonno is losing his mind. From the author of the highly successful Sparring with Shadows comes an irresistible, inspiring and brilliantly evocative story of family love, loyalty and wisdom.

David Martinesi is a first-generation Italian Australian growing up in an inner-city suburb. He is fighting the shadows cast by his Italian upbringing, and this summer he is quietly waiting for change. He is befriended by confident, street-wise Nathan and finally his wishes seem to be coming true, but not all change is good, and tragedy arrives on his doorstep too.

Under the influence of his idol, the hot-headed seventeenth-century Italian painter Caravaggio, Alex draw his mate Ces into an uncontrollable cycle of destruction and hurt.