The Silver Book, (Paperback)
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| Management number | 240515086 | Release Date | 2026/07/16 | List Price | $7.20 | Model Number | 240515086 | ||
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<p><b>Art, power, desire, and illusion collide in a hypnotic new novel from Olivia Laing, set in the months leading up to the murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1975. <br></b><br>It is September 1974. Two men meet in Venice. One is a young English artist, in panicked flight from London. The other is Danilo Donati, the magician of Italian cinema, the designer responsible for realizing the spectacular visions of Fellini and Pasolini. Donati is in Venice to produce sketches for Fellini's <i>Casanova</i>. A young apprentice is just what he needs. </p><p>He sweeps Nicholas to Rome and introduces him to the looking-glass world of Cinecittà, the studio where <i>Casanova</i>'s Venice will be ingeniously assembled. In the spring, the lovers move together to the set of <i>Salò</i>, Pasolini's horrifying fable of fascism. </p><p>But Nicholas has a secret, and in this world of constant illusion, his real nature passes unseen. Amid the rising tensions of Italy's Years of Lead, he acts as an accelerant, setting in motion a tragedy he doesn't intend. </p><p>Olivia Laing's <i>The Silver Book </i>is at once a queer love story and a noirish thriller set in the dream factory of cinema. It is a fictional account of real things, and an investigation into the difficult relationship between artifice and truth, illusion and reality, love and power.</p>
- The Silver Book, (Paperback)
- Author: Olivia Laing
- ISBN: 9781250448736
- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 2026-11-10
- Page Count: 256
| Book format | Paperback |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Fiction |
| Genre | Literary, Historical / 20th Century / Post-World War II, Performing Arts / Film, Television & Radio |
| Publication date | November, 2026 |
| Pages | 256 |
| Subgenre | Literary |
| Series title | No Series |
| Number in series | 0 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Picador |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Awards won | James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction |
| Is collectible | N |
| Character | Nicholas |
| Recording time | 0 min |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 5.38 x 1.00 x 8.25 in |
| Assembled product weight | 1 |
| Bisac subject heading | Fiction |
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