Also by Niccolò Ammaniti
Steal You Away
I'm Not Scared
The Crossroads
Me and You
LET THE
GAMES
BEGIN
NICCOLÒ AMMANITI
Translated from the Italian
by Kylee Doust
Published in Great Britain in 2013 by Canongate Books Ltd, 14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE
This digital edition first published in 2013 by Canongate Books
Copyright © Niccolò Ammaniti, 2009
English translation copyright © Kylee Doust
The moral right of the author has been asserted
First published in Italian in 2009 as Che la festa cominci by Giulio Einaudi editore, Torino
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available on request from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 84767 941 3
ePub ISBN 978 0 85786 130 6
To Anatole,
who pulled me out of the box
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