Lies and Sorcery by Elsa Morante games you go to war with

you go to war with your nearest neighbours

set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen for years

and a dragon to call upon

and one long-missing

Peter Blake

Lies and Sorcery by Elsa Morante games you go to war with'Thrillingly addictive, magnificent, luxurious . . . as staggering and absorbing as a great 19th century novel' Telegraph 'I loved it and it had been a long time since I had read anything that gave me such life and joy' Natalia Ginzburg The first unabridged English translation of the electrifying novel of secrets and delusions, from one of the greatest Italian writers of the twentieth century. Elisa orphaned as a child, raised by a fallen woman, fed