Alver Metalli HIGHLIGHTS TOC DEATH OF A SMALL-TOWN GAS STATION OWNER Thriller We are on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, on the edge of an BIBLE infamous slum, where a murder has just taken place. A man AND THEOLOGY shot twice a gas station owner. While fleeing, he was fatally hit by a car. With him the possibility of knowing the motive for SPIRITUALITY his crime also died. Are we witnessing one of many homicides 82L 124 the South American metropolis registers every day? What re- PSYCHOLOGY Pages 288 ally happened between José Benito Benavides and the gas AND FAMILY Trim size 14,5×21 cm station owner Alejandro Ruíz Patrone? Pedro Duran, a reporter of an Argentine newspaper, investigates to discover the truth. He finds out that the truth is completely different from what HISTORY appears on the surface and dates back to the bloody days of AND SOCIETY the military dictatorship. Alver Metalli (Riccione, 1952) is a journalist. For years he has been a reporter from Latin America, traveling between Nicara- gua, El Salvador, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile. In 1987 he settled down in Argentina and in 1999 in Mexico City, becoming the correspondent for RAI, the na- tional public broadcasting company of Italy. He currently lives in a slum on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Since 2013 he has collaborated with «Vatican insider». He is the author of essays and novels. This is his first book with Edizioni San Paolo. SELLING POINTS • A raw story that, starting from the present days, digs into the history of military dictatorship and desaparecidos in Argentina. • Metalli is a profound connoisseur of Latin America. • A thriller written in a packing journalistic style and en- riched by lively fictive characters. WHAT IS THE SECRET BEHIND THE MURDER OF ALEJANDRO RUÍZ PATRONE? A RIVETING THRILLER ABOUT ARGENTINE NOW AND IN ITS PAINFUL PAST FICTION 51
Susanna Bo HIGHLIGHTS TOC I AM COMING WITH YOU They Left a Perfect Life, Then Found a Happy One He is handsome and intelligent, but he has an innate talent BIBLE to never let himself be involved by his feelings. She falls in AND THEOLOGY love with him at first glance, and the second time they speak she assures him that they will marry. This is how the story of SPIRITUALITY Paolo and Barbara begins, an unusual couple who will make NOVEL INSPIRED unconventional choices. They leave everything back in Italy to PSYCHOLOGY BY A TRUE STORY be missionaries in Taiwan, with two daughters and a third on AND FAMILY arrival. But what may have pushed two people living a quiet, 82L 372 comfortable existence and a discreet mental balance to leave Pages 256 everything, to move to the other end of the world? Maybe Trim size 14,5×21 cm they both got an offer they could not refuse. Only a great desire can give the courage or unconsciousness to abandon one’s safety looking for something totally unknown. Far from HISTORY home, Paolo and Barbara will discover a surprising truth: that AND SOCIETY desire that brought them there is the same one that pushed them to choose and love each other, That the first land where God calls his children to be his missionaries, the most impor- tant to save, is nothing but one: their own life. Susanna Bo (Genoa, 1977) graduated in Foreign Languages and Literature. She is married to Gianni and mother of Anna, Rachele, Pietro, Francesco, Lorenzo, and Monica. With Edizioni San Paolo she has published: The Good Battle (2016) and As Long as There is Someone to Love (2018). SELLING POINTS • A story that speaks of love, family, and faith. • Inspired by a true story. • The author’s appeal on a broad readership. A LOVE STORY SO GREAT TO OVERTURN EVERYTHING FICTION 52
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