Roberto Saviano returns to Pan Mac with two novels

Italian investigative journalist and writer Roberto Saviano is returning to Pan Macmillan to publish his first two novels, about children's gangs patrolling the streets of Naples for the mafia. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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