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The Silver Book

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Queer love story meets true crime thriller in the dream factory of 1970s cinema, from award-winning, bestselling author Olivia Laing

It is September 1974. Two men meet by chance 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 realising the spectacular visions of Fellini and Pasolini. Donati is in Venice to produce sketches for Fellini's Casanova. A young - and beautiful - apprentice is just what he needs.

He sweeps Nicholas to Rome, into the looking-glass world of Cinecitt , the studio where Casanova's Venice will be ingeniously assembled. Then in the spring, the lovers move together to the set of Sal , Pasolini's horrifying fable of fascism.

But Nicholas has a secret and in this world of constant illusion, his real nature passes unseen. Amidst the rising tensions of Italy's 'Years of Lead', he acts as an accelerant, setting in motion a tragedy he didn't intend . . .

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
8 September 2026
Pages
288
ISBN
9781405982290

Queer love story meets true crime thriller in the dream factory of 1970s cinema, from award-winning, bestselling author Olivia Laing

It is September 1974. Two men meet by chance 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 realising the spectacular visions of Fellini and Pasolini. Donati is in Venice to produce sketches for Fellini's Casanova. A young - and beautiful - apprentice is just what he needs.

He sweeps Nicholas to Rome, into the looking-glass world of Cinecitt , the studio where Casanova's Venice will be ingeniously assembled. Then in the spring, the lovers move together to the set of Sal , Pasolini's horrifying fable of fascism.

But Nicholas has a secret and in this world of constant illusion, his real nature passes unseen. Amidst the rising tensions of Italy's 'Years of Lead', he acts as an accelerant, setting in motion a tragedy he didn't intend . . .

Read More
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
8 September 2026
Pages
288
ISBN
9781405982290

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