{"product_id":"so-people-know-its-me-by-francesca-benvenuto","title":"So People Know It's Me by Francesca Benvenuto","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Pushkin Press: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\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\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\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,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo People Know It’s Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eunleashes 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.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52337987584293,"sku":"9781805331742","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9781805331742.jpg?v=1778268466","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/so-people-know-its-me-by-francesca-benvenuto","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}