The House of Gazes - Daniele Mencarelli Translator: Susan Bernofsky

Translator: Susan Bernofsky

they may not survive their homecoming

The definitive history and anatomy of the drug cartels and the "war on drugs" that has cost more than 50

Vero has grown up in Rome with her eccentric family: an omnipresent mother who is devoted to her own anxiety

Hoping to nurse her broken heart in peace

The House of Gazes - Daniele Mencarelli Translator: Susan BernofskyDaniele is a young poet plagued by an unknown darkness, an invisible disease of the heart, or of the mind. He refuses to conform to societys expectations finding a job, starting a family yet he struggles to define a path of his own and find a sense of purpose in life. In a desperate attempt to pull himself out of a dangerous spiral of emptiness and self destruction, Daniele accepts a job at a paediatric hospital in Rome, the Bambino Ges, where hell