The prize-winning international bestseller from the author of I'm Not Scared

The prize-winning international bestseller from the author of I'm Not Scared

Cristiano is thirteen. His home is far from perfect. When his father and two friends come up with a plan to rob a bank, Cristiano sees the chance of a better life. On the night they set the plan in motion a tremendous storm brews.

Cristiano will have to put childhood behind him once and for all and learn that even perfect crimes have consequences.

'A fearsomely gifted writer . . . Ammaniti has cranked up the volume for his blistering new novel.'
Independent

'Energy and danger spray off it like water from a choppy sea . . . Very hard to put down.'
Daily Mail

'Every scene contains a twist.'
Guardian

Cristiano is thirteen. Home life is far from perfect. When his father and two friends come up with a plan to rob a bank, Cristiano sees the chance of a better life. As a tremendous storm brews that night, Cristiano will have to put childhood behind him once and for all, and the perfect crime will have shocking consequences.