Slam. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2007 book
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Slam
Nick Hornby, 2007
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Andrea Molaioli, 2016

Skateboarding is everything for sixteen-year-old Sam, he spends all his time at the skatepark and even confides his thoughts and fears to his Tony Hawk poster, the most famous skater ever. However, Sam’s ultimate goal is to become the first member of his family to attend university and not repeat the mistake his mother, grandfather, and great-grandfather made by becoming a parent at sixteen. But when he meets Alice, he falls in love and it becomes so all-consuming that it distracts him from everything, even skateboarding.


The Gunman. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 1981 book, The Prone Gunman
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The Prone Gunman
Jean-Patrick Manchette, 1981
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Pierre Morel, 2015

Jim Terrier is a former special forces soldier who, in his 50s, has become a black-ops mercenary. However, Terrier still keeps highly compromising materials that can reveal Cox’s role in the Congo assassination and uses it to lure Cox and his team to a bullfight in Spain, threatening to expose their complicity unless they trade Annie for the evidence.


The Story of My Wife. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 1942 book, The Story Of My Wife
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The Story Of My Wife
Milán Füst, 1942
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Ildikó Enyedi, 2021

Storr, a Dutch naval captain, tells the story of his unhappy marriage to his wife, Lizzy, a Frenchwoman he married after a friend dared him to marry the next woman who walked into the café they were sitting in.


The Catholic School. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2016 book
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The Catholic School
Edoardo Albinati, 2016
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Stefano Mordini, 2021

In a residential district of Rome there is a well-known Catholic boy’s school where the offspring of the upper middle-class are educated. The families feel that in that setting their children will be able to grow up sheltered from the turmoil pervading society. On the night between 29 and 30 September of 1975 something broke down and that fortress of irreprehensible values crumbled beneath the weight of one of the most heinous crimes of the period: the Circeo massacre.