Matteo De Simone

Born in Turin in 1981, Matteo De Simone is the singer of the rock band Nadàr Solo and the author of the novel Tasca di Pietra.

Tasca di Pietra was released in a first print run of 1,000 numbered and signed copies (the reviewer reports buying number 50). The novel is written in Italian and is narrated in the first person from the point of view of Helen Taylor. The review notes that Wu Ming compared the protagonist to Camus's Meursault.

Nina Snarvic's 2008 review of Tasca di Pietra reads the novel as a well-structured, cinematic first-person journey inside Helen Taylor's troubled mind. The reviewer praises De Simone's Italian and the book's pace, while noting its unsettling indifference and loneliness. The review references a comparison by Wu Ming between Helen and Camus's Meursault.

For:Readers of contemporary Italian fiction, fans of literary fiction and singer-songwriter rock.