The Last Man Standing
Paperback Published on: 05/07/2012; Language: English, Italian (Original language of a translated text)
Price: £12.99
Synopsis
Italy is on the brink of collapse. Borders are closed, banks withhold money, the postal service stalls. Armed gangs of drug-fuelled youths roam the countryside. Leonardo was a famous writer and professor before a sex scandal ended his marriage and career. Heading north in search of her new husband, his ex-wife leaves their daughter and her son in his care. If he is to take them to safety, he will need to find a quality he has never possessed: courage.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Quercus Publishing
- ISBN: 9780857051226
- Number of pages: 352
- Dimensions: 216 x 156 x 28 mm
- Weight: 434g
- Languages: English, Italian (Original language of a translated text)
Customer Reviews
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Highly reccommended
Italy in 2025 is in a melt-down, armed gangs roam the countryside pillaging, raping and murdering.
Leonardo a disgraced writer and academic is given care o... READ MORE
Bleak & Apocylyptic
Italy 2025 - an unspecified disaster has overtaken the country. Society has broken down and all rule books are torn up. Most of the veneer of civilisation ... READ MORE
Grim
A hellish read of a future world on the edge of collapse and anarchy and how a man with two children struggles to survive.Not a very comfortable read in an... READ MORE
Timely, perplexing, often engaging, but too uneven
There are times when you will be staggered at how much conflict, evil, bad luck and peril Davide Longo is prepared to put Leonardo, this book’s ‘hero’, thr... READ MORE
Not for the squemish
Not my kind of reading.
Parts of the story are not nessesary and other parts too graphic. Also a bit confusing and had to re-read a few times to understand... READ MORE
Not for the squeamish
This post-apocalyptical Italian tale was a bit too graphic for my liking – think Lord of the Flies crossed with a very hard core Pied Piper. Italy in the n... READ MORE
An interesting read...
I have mixed feelings about this book. I struggled with the first half as it was quite drawn out, particularly with no chapters to break up the story, and ... READ MORE
An odd one!!
Like the other reviewers, i initally found this book difficult to get into. I dont think the long sections without chapters helped!! But I did keep going a... READ MORE
An Orwellian Type Book
I was very intrigued by the blurb of this book and was looking forward to reading it. The book was a little hard to get in to at first but I persisted and ... READ MORE
Loved it...but minor flaws
Set in Italy in 2025, think London riots (but taken to the extreme) and you may be heading in the right direction for setting the stage for the majority of... READ MORE
Keep reading - it is worth it !
Persevere with this book. It has a slow start but becomes engrossing as the story unfolds. It is not for the fainthearted as there are scenes which are ver... READ MORE
Anarchy and chaos
An intriguing and highly imaginative book. Although I found it difficult to initially get into it I found myself to be captivated by the prose and was glad... READ MORE
Horrifyingly magical
This is a beautifully written novel which made me wish I could read it in italian; I'm sure the writing would sound even better in its original form. There... READ MORE
Haunting story
I had far too many late nights reading this book! This book is based in Italy and translated from Italian, it is a very haunting tale of a time in the futu... READ MORE
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