Skateboard Birthday Cakes

Così si dice, Francesco Abate, Einaudi 2008, 15,50

Uscito da un coma di 11 anni, Rudy scopre che Angela, poliziotta e sua fidanzata, non è più né poliziotta né sua fidanzata: è diventata magistrato e is about to marry a family, that's not him. He also discovers that she has a 10 year old daughter. And his colleague and friend Filo became the director of the newspaper where Rudy worked, and is no longer his friend. Only the "marten-faced" by his father and the "face of the Jackal" to his brother remained the same. Unfortunately. Rudy runs as a caregiver Moldovan and struggles to get back on track. Not going to be a womanizer the time, but the beautiful Gaia Sapegno, icy manager of a finance company that grants loans to small entrepreneurs of the Costa Smeralda, makes him change his mind. And if people are convinced that it is no longer the unscrupulous reporter once, they will be forced to change his mind. Actor I trust in you, again, the prince of the scene, Rudy Saporito: naive but ruthless, cynical and funny. Among linguistic tic, and projects nuraghe heliports, tells a far from traditional and stereotypical Sardinia: sacked from tourism, cosmopolitan and provincial, old and contaminated. Where many a dream of redemption and too many are in economic ruin. Where too many are corrupt and almost all come to terms. Sardinia is a mirror of Italy.

sulfuric acid. The words of Francesco Abate pure sulfuric acid are: melt the coating and corrode the enamel of Sardinia and in summer becomes a luxury wildlife zoo from Costa Smeralda. With his fierce honesty, one of the hallmarks of his writing, Abbot reveals what and who is behind the much-coated Sardinia, showing us that even Paradise can be populated by devils. Acid to flood the valleys of that perfect picture, actors and wealthy businessmen, hotels and entertainment outlets, we think Rudy Saporito, one of the most original and entertaining of recent years, former star reporter and the excellent Bad Actor star, but factor in the successful novel, I trust you. And so they say, is a sort of bridge between the two novels mentioned above, in fact, where does the bad reporter begins this new novel by Abate, that eventually connects to I trust you, after this set Rudy's new adventure. But who has not had the opportunity to read the novels mentioned above need not worry: this novel may well be read as a series out, in fact, the story told has a beginning and an end, and the reading is not affected by not having read other novels, because the story is so tight and involving, and the character created so artfully that always seems to know. For those, however, has already read the other two works, this book will be very valuable because you will find something to do with Rudy a lot different from what they knew, because Rudy had left in the first novel in a coma, and now Eleven years have passed ... of darkness. When tutti avevano ormai perso le speranze, Rudy si risveglia. Sembra un miracolo. Non è un miracolo. Non sono stati santi, preghiere o interventi divini a destare il miglior cronista della Sardegna. Non è stato Dio. È stato l’odio. L’odio mischiato ad una bella dose di vendetta. Quella vendetta che è insita nel genoma umano dei sardi. E Rudy non fa eccezione. Ha un debole per la vendetta. Però, il cattivo cronista è cambiato. Questi undici anni l’hanno cambiato sia nel fisico — è preda di un divertentissimo e al tempo stesso tragico tic alla mano destra — che nell’animo. L’hanno reso apparentemente più debole e più buono. Forse il fatto di avere una figlia di dieci anni c’entra qualcosa. Sì, perché sono parecchie le novità dopo undici anni di nulla. Primo, la sua ragazza di un decennio prima, Angela, non è più la sua ragazza. Anzi, si è fidanzata con suo cugino, ed è in procinto di sposarsi. Inoltre, non è più una poliziotta, ma è diventata un magistrato. Un altro piccolo particolare: ha partorito sua figlia, Flavia, che ora ha dieci anni ma si comporta come se ne avesse ventidue. Ma le novità non finiscono qui. Filippo, uno dei suoi amici più sinceri e stimati non è più suo amico. Quel ragazzotto semplice a cui Rudy aveva insegnato il mestiere ora è diventato il direttore del Giornale, e si è incarognito. Si è incarognito così tanto che appena Rudy torna operativo sends him into exile in Olbia, the place most distant and isolated from the log Rudy. And the reporter just back from this long blackout brain that can not obey, he has always lived at a rate of immediate withdrawal of the license, he was feared and respected by his colleagues, is now helpless and confused, forced to move with a caregiver Moldova accompanying him and helps him recover from the physical aftermath of this very long hospital stay. Like the man who appears in the beautiful book cover, Rudy tries to shelter from the shower of trouble and that's bad news raining down on him, but in vain, because it ends with the wet to the bone. Yet it is precisely there, in the north of Sardinia, who will try to Rudy riaffilare i suoi denti e tornare ad essere la carogna più bastarda della città, l’unico e solo cattivo cronista. Perché il lungo periodo di oblio l’avrà cambiato certamente nel fisico, ma non nella mente: quella mente diabolica creata per scovare notizie e scriverle nel modo migliore possibile. È lì, in un’Olbia paradisiaca descritta con una sensibilità da far venire i brividi, Rudy metterà in piedi passo dopo passo la sua vendetta. Come le radici ingorde di una quercia, la realtà spunta dal terreno d’inchiostro coltivato da Abate, e lo scrittore sardo aiuta queste radici di realtà a venire alla luce. Smuove la terra. Scava. E alla fine il risultato è ottimale, ma anche inaspettato e doloroso, perché la realtà, la verità non filtrata, fa male. È difficile da digerire come un purè di pietre, perché non viviamo in una favola. Ma uno scrittore ha il dovere morale di dirlo, di gridarlo. E se poi a descrivere la realtà è uno come Rudy Saporito, allora c’è solo da mettersi comodi ed ascoltarlo, perché è proprio Rudy ad avere le chiavi dell’archivio dove sono custoditi tutti i segreti della sua città. Rudy. Il cattivo cronista.Abate non assoggetta la realtà: Abate si assoggetta ad essa. Lui, e le sue parole, diventano un tramite per dare voce alla realtà, per mettere in guardia; così come in suoi precedenti lavori — come Getsèmani e Mi fido di te — l’autore Cagliari plays the role of a "company doctor", because that's what makes studies, observes and describes the gangrene that infects our city, and particularly the northern Sardinia, mirror and perfect example of corruption and rot. In this book the author focuses his attention and Sardinian its investigation on those lending companies and financial powers of various kinds which grant loans to small entrepreneurs of the Costa Smeralda, one side of all legal and linda, behind which, however, hiding something of a failure. However, this novel not only affects this phenomenon, but also, for example, the inhuman spectacle of death, crime fierce purposes commercial describes in poignant and ironic relationship between father and daughter, or the beautiful friendship that is created with his Moldovan caregiver, with two university degrees behind and forced to move to Italy to try to build a decent life, not talk ruthless analysis of the mechanisms often corroded the production of a large newspaper, described by Abbott as a kind of gimmick to control the masses. There are many ideas that Abbott offers the reader, and propose them to him in a quite delicious, because each course is served Abate style, that style ironic, biting, blood, and without filters. With a single sentence can make you laugh or make you come from smascellare goosebumps. All with the same simplicity. Maybe that's the most interesting aspect of this book, but also all the other work of the Sardinian writer. Style. The sensitivity and interest in words. Because Abbott is a writer who sharpens the words before using them, and knows exactly when to use them: when they hurt. When they take the reader by the throat. And these words, this dry phrasing and rhythm, they constitute a strong plot, well-oiled interweaving. If there are any cameras that control the speed of the plots, so they say would be fined one of the books I have ever read, because the pages of this book dart away at a speed illegal. This book will hangs on me like the metal teeth of a trap, and the only way to get rid is to finish this beautiful novel, Rudy Saporito listen to the end, that hope is just a new beginning.

Piergiorgio Clear