M: Son of the Century
by Antonio Scurati
🏆 Winner of the 2022 European Book Prize
Antonio Scurati’s novel about the rise of Fascism in Italy, told from the point of view of Benito Mussolini. There are also excerpts from newspapers and reports. The first in a trilogy, this 700+ page book includes the March on Rome as well as the murder of Giacomo Matteotti, ending in 1925.