- Published: 18 September 2017
- ISBN: 9780141984506
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 128
- RRP: $19.99
The Day Before Happiness
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- Published: 18 September 2017
- ISBN: 9780141984506
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 128
- RRP: $19.99
Powered by a combination of charm, warmth and simplicity... poignancy gives way to wry humour at regular intervals throughout the book, and the result is a brittle, lyrical, finely poised tragicomedy
Malcolm Forbes, Herald Scotland
An economically expressed yet vividly imagined coming-of-age story... De Luca is a native of Naples and in a sense this book is a love letter to the city
Roger Cox, Scotsman
High hopes in clear language, cautions against real evil, and scenes thick with poetic sentiment - these elements fuel the warmth to be found in De Luca's brief but affecting novels
The National
The only true first-rate writer that the new millennium has given us so far
Corriere della Serra