Mystery in Milan

On March 16, 1972, readers in Italy and throughout the publishing world were shocked by the day's headlines. Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, the internationally renowned publisher of Doctor Zhivago, had been found dead at the foot of an electricity pylon outside Milan. Was his death accidental, or was it murder?

No one knew the answer, and even now, people can only speculate as to what actually happened.

Carlo Feltrinelli, Giangiacomo's son, was only 10 at the time. In this book he has undertaken the courageous task of writing his father's biography, trying to understand both what happened that fatal day and in the years that led to it. The result is a fascinating attempt and an extraordinary story. But it is one that remains an enigma, to this very day.

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