Time On My Hands by Giorgio Vasta is a vivid and hellish description of Sicily in the late '70s, an extraordinary journey into the world of fierce absolutism, and an all-round unforgettable novel.
Girogio Vasta was born in Palermo and lives in Turin. This is his first novel.
Time on My Hands can be seen as a politicised Lord of the Flies ... This is sophisticated, fascinating fiction. Independent on Sunday A taut, gripping psychological thriller. Catholic Herald Hunt's translation is outstanding ... the text fizzes. Vasta's novel is a gift to wordplay, riddled with allegory and literary influences. TLS Vasta still gets across the sense of a stagnating country that won't address the issues facing it, and of childhood dynamics against a backdrop of real political turbulence. Herald
Time on My Hands can be seen as a politicised Lord of the Flies ... This is sophisticated, fascinating fiction. Independent on Sunday A taut, gripping psychological thriller. Catholic Herald Hunt's translation is outstanding ... the text fizzes. Vasta's novel is a gift to wordplay, riddled with allegory and literary influences. TLS Vasta still gets across the sense of a stagnating country that won't address the issues facing it, and of childhood dynamics against a backdrop of real political turbulence. Herald
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