Edoardo Albinati

Italian novelist. Winner of the 2016 Premio Strega for La scuola cattolica.

La Scuola Cattolica is a lengthy novel that in the provided review is described as approximately 1,300 pages in pocket format and 48 hours 19 minutes in audio form. The novel treats the Delitto del Circeo as a recurring theme and was adapted into a film directed by Stefano Mordini (2021). The audiobook edition mentioned in the review is narrated by Giancarlo Cattaneo.

A listener's review of the audiobook La Scuola Cattolica praises Edoardo Albinati's writing and breadth of themes while noting the novel's great length and frequent digressions. The reviewer found the audiobook narration by Giancarlo Cattaneo overly emphatic and sometimes poorly paced. The work connects the Circeo crime to wider reflections on violence, education, class and adolescence. Despite listening fatigue, the reviewer concludes the book is very beautiful.

For:Readers of literary fiction, audiobook listeners, those interested in contemporary Italian literature and social themes of violence and education.