The Biondo and The Man with the Tie are solid partners in crime: meticulous craftsmen very much in demand, hired killers who receive a commission one day that forces them to up their game. The target is a billionaire from the highest spheres of finance, who resides in a fabulous non-zone that stretches from London to Milan. Here’s a priceless opportunity, the partners in crime muse, to take the profession of hitman to the next level – correction, to the very top, “the only sector with never a downturn being luxury goods, so the rich are the people to kill.” Serena Bertamé, a beauty who would like to dispatch her lover Andrea De Carli, her son’s real father, seems like the ideal client for their operation to reposition their brand and raise their rates. Once they pocket the advance, though, the problems start: hiccups, unwelcome surprises, misunderstandings, plot twists, accidents, madcap adventures, and spectacular upsets, all hopelessly entangled, in exclusive luxury settings that wed investment funds to unmentionable truths.

Alessandro Robecchi has published novels and other books and writes for the print media, television, and theater. He was an opinionist for il Manifesto and Cuore. He is one of the writers on Maurizio Crozza’s shows. As a music critic, he has contributed to L’Unità and Il Mucchio Selvaggio. As for radio, he has directed Radio Popolare programs, putting together the satirical show Piovono pietre (2001 Viareggio Award for political satire) for five years. He founded and directed the free monthly Urban. He currently contributes to Il Fatto Quotidiano, Pagina99 and Micromega.