--- product_id: 19421692 title: "Live Bait Paperback – July 29, 2014" brand: "fabio genovesi" price: "€ 25.38" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.at/products/19421692-live-bait-paperback-july-29-2014 store_origin: AT region: Austria --- # Live Bait Paperback – July 29, 2014 **Brand:** fabio genovesi **Price:** € 25.38 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Live Bait Paperback – July 29, 2014 by fabio genovesi - **How much does it cost?** € 25.38 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.at](https://www.desertcart.at/products/19421692-live-bait-paperback-july-29-2014) ## Best For - fabio genovesi enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted fabio genovesi brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Live Bait Paperback – July 29, 2014 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A1jHsuHRM2L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Make Room For Another Masterpiece *by P***S on August 19, 2014* It is rare when it happens but when it does you forget never that time. The time when you walked down the stairs at MOMA and saw Brancusi's sculpture "Flight" and turned a corner and saw a De Chirico painting, walked into a movie theater on a whim and saw "The Seventh Seal," Antonioni's "Blow Up" or Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch" or came across Ezra Pound, Hemingway, or Celine, these are moments when the unexpected enhances the wonder of these works. So it was with me again with Fabio Genovese's "Live Bait."This is a masterpiece. It is the picaresque story of a superbly comic anti-hero 19 year old Fiorenzo and his three friends from a backwater Tuscan village called Muglione. Their greatest aspirations are to be a successful heavy metal band and to leave the town, in that order. there are many obstacles and detours along the involving fireworks, fishing, girls, sex or lack of knowledge concerning, bicycling championships,fishing even the Vatican.Now if this sounds like farce, it is not. Farce cannot be great art. This is a sublimely written satirical masterpiece. reminiscent of a Max Beerbohn or Kingsley Amis but with the laughter volume up because there are moments,, quite a few actually, when the reader will actually burst out laughing. Now if you had any difficulty with those two gentlemen because of their subject matter coming from another milieu i.e. England be assured that this is not the case. This story's milieu while being set in modern day Italy is set in a pop culture Italy and for good or bad, pop culture means American pop culture, so to the American reader, the obsession with heavy metal bands, teenage angst, the appropriate t shirt to wear, will not only ring true but familiar.Yet the writer never lets us forget that we are in a modern day Italian village that has not totally caught up with the times. the elderly men still play cards and drink their wine while taking over the painfully under-utilized "youth center" much to the chagrin of Tiziana its youthful administrator who doubles as the typical Italian goddess and symbol of the plight of modern day educated provincial Italian women. Mirko, the eighth grade bicycling phenomena introduces us to the world of European bicycle racing and what his success means to a backwater village. And always the leitmotif of the irrigation canals, always the canals which dominate the region and the environment.Yes it is all there. Each character has its own personality and unique depth from childhood dreams and tragedies, to middle age disillusionment and old age stubbornness that makes us cry and laugh with them. At times ribald like Boccaccio and at other times sentimental like Giovanni Guareschi in his Don Camillo stories, this book will stun and haunt you.At 336 pages the book is lengthy but I would not omit a single one, only wishing there were more. If there is one quibble I have, and this is not with the author, it is that in my opinion the cover of the book on a Kindle is cheap looking and not indicative of what the book holds.Now if only his publisher can generated the amount of publicity and the platform this book merits, the reading public will be well served. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hope in hope itself *by F***D on July 12, 2019* Desperate to find overall meaning in this life, but has to settle for the day to day events that bring suffering and happiness, disconnected from any hope in a future world. Well written as an authentic Italian biography. Subtexts were brilliantly placed throughout. Highly recommended. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Four Stars *by C***E on March 19, 2015* still halfway through but super enjoyable and LOL funny at times. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.at/products/19421692-live-bait-paperback-july-29-2014](https://www.desertcart.at/products/19421692-live-bait-paperback-july-29-2014) --- *Product available on Desertcart Austria* *Store origin: AT* *Last updated: 2026-04-22*