Synopsis
Now a major film on Netflix
Edoardo Albinati’s The Catholic School creates a world: a world of power, sex, violence and the threat of masculinity, of the power wielded and misused by men.
To be born male is an incurable disease
In 1975, three young well-off men, former students at Rome’s prestigious all-boys Catholic high school San Leone Magno, brutally torture, rape, and...
Details
08 August 20191280 pages
9781509856282Imprint: Picador
Reviews
An important, at times magnificent book . . . An entirely original narrative . . . A pivotal moment in contemporary literature.Corriere della Sera
In The Catholic School a thousand doors open on a thousand different themes . . . A powerful, multifaceted, acute, extreme book.La Repubblica
The Catholic School is entirely unique: it meanders, it is merciless, it is very precise and yet lyrical, thoughtful and fiery, depressing and funny. In short, it is one of the best books I have read in recent years.De Morgen
Edoardo Albinati explores the history of male violence in his monumental novel . . . One of the most exciting novels of recent years.Die Zeit
