The Fertility of Evil

Praise for Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio:

“The author’s real subject is the heave and crush of modern, polyglot Rome, and he renders the jabs of everyday speech with such precision that the novel feels exclaimed rather than written.” —The New Yorker

“Teases out intriguing psychological and social insight alongside a playful whodunit plot, exposing the power of fear, racial prejudice, and cultural misconception to rob a neighborhood of its humanity.” —Publishers Weekly