Uomini d’amore. Un racconto dedicato al coraggio di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino

On a hot June afternoon, during an unusual thunderstorm, a group of young friends meets in a square in Palermo to play football. Among them are Paolo, lively and enterprising, and Giovanni, for whom duty is the most important thing. Rounding out the group is recent addition Elvira, a strong and determined girl who challenges her male peers, surprising them with unexpected prowess. It’s the start of an extraordinary friendship that willlast forever. In the streets of the city, the scene of their afternoons together, Paolo and Giovanni savour Grandpa Corrado’s lemonade, the best in Palermo, solve the case of the stolen puppet and witness, in spite of themselves, a scene that will change them forever. That’s the moment when they understand that at a certain age you have to choose a side. And that age comes when you least expect it. A book that combines fiction with reality. A tribute to two great magistrates, examples of humanity and courage, 30 years after the terrible attacks in which they lost their lives.

× The imagined story of the friendship of two great heroes in Palermo in the 1950s, narrated with a style that’s both straightforward and at the same time warm and full of all the scents and colours of sicily.

× A guide to the ¨alermo of today through the rediscovery of the places that made its history, including the putias smelling of bread, the markets crowded with shoutsand grills where stigghiole are roasted, the kiosks with their coloured drinks, and the theatres where puppets’ chivalric adventures are staged.

× The mystery of the disappearance of Borsellino’s agenda rossa, the red notebook containing the names and facts for his investigations, in a powerful journalisticpiece by Pierdomenico Baccalario.