A Novel - Raincoast Books

ST. MARTIN'S PRESS OCTOBER 2012
Block 11
Piero degli Antoni
From an award-winning author comes an audacious, highconcept
noir set in Auschwitz that straddles past and present
New York, the present: An old woman and her husband sit down for a breakfast
of black bread and coffee at a table set for ten. Eight chairs remain empty.
FICTION / GENERAL
St. Martin's Press | October 2012
9781250001023 | $24.99/$28.99 Can.
Hardback | 240 pages | Carton Qty: 24
8.25in H | 5.50in W
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Ebook ISBN: 9781250012043
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Auschwitz, Spring 1944: Following a successful escape from the camp, a group of
ten prisoners are rounded up for execution. But at the last minute, counter-orders
are given. Since the camp needs every inmate for labor, only one prisoner will be
sacrificed. And it is the job of the other nine prisoners, locked up in an
empty building in Block 11 with nothing but a piece of paper and pencil, to decide
by dawn who will die. Otherwise they will all go to the gallows.
Thus begins a night of storytelling with tales of horror, secrecy, and betrayal, but
also of love and great humanity, as these ten prisoners debate who deserves to
live and who deserves to die. The night is filled with violence, emotion, and
shocking revelations. Degli Antoni wrestles with questions of guilt and
forgiveness, selfishness and sacrifice, in this unforgettable novel set during the
most trying of times.
PRAISE
"One of the few . . . who knows what narrative rhythm is and succeeds in maintaining it
for the entire strory." —Il Sole 24 Ore
"One of the best Italian thriller writers." —Il Mattino
PIERO DEGLI ANTONI is a lawyer, Milan-based journalist, and author who won the Premio
Azzeccagarbugli in the best thriller category. Block 11 is his eighth book.
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