Devotion

The #1 international bestseller, soon to be a Netflix original series

Can we be true to ourselves without betraying the people we love?

Carlo and Margherita: a happily married couple in their mid-thirties, perfectly attuned to each other's restlessness. They are in love, but they also harbour desires that stray beyond the confines of their bedroom: Carlo longs for the quiet beauty of one of his students, Sofia; Margherita fantasises about her physiotherapist, Andrea.

But it is love, with its unassuming power, which ultimately pulls them from the brink, aided by Margherita's mother Anna - a wise, proud seamstress hiding her own disappointments.

But after eight years of repressed desires and the birth of a son, when the past resurfaces in the form of books sent anonymously, will love be enough to save them?

Winner, Premio Strega Giovani | Shortlisted for the Premio Strega

About the Author

Marco Missiroli's first novel Senza Coda won the Campiello Opera Prima (the Italian equivalent of the Costa First Book award). Published to great acclaim, Fidelity was a #1 bestseller in Italy, was shortlisted for the Premio Strega (the Italian Booker) and is currently being made into a Netflix limited series.

Born in Rimini, on the Adriatic coast, Marco now lives in Milan.