The ballad of the low lifes
By: Enrico Remmert.
Contributors: Botsford, Aubrey.
Edition: 1st English Language ed.
Publisher: Toby Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New Milford, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Description: "Meet Vittorio and Milo, two young grifters living by their wits in modern Turin, getting by on petty scams and swindles. The two young men have kept an idea in a back drawer for years, the Big C - the Big Con. They're sure it will make them rich, but so far they haven't been able to get it off the ground. Enter Milo's uncle Grissino, a con-man with years of experience. He immediately grasps the potential of the Big C and joins the enterprise. Along with Cristina, Milo's girlfriend and the object of Vittorio's hopeless passion, the four set out to prove that "the great Western economy has a protective net around it, but the holes are very big and it can be penetrated if you use a little imagination."" "Currently in production as a film, the novel is an ironic picture of life among the lowlifes - adrift, opportunist, and alienated."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Translated by Aubrey Botsford.