FRANKFURT 10-14TH October 2012 - Sandra Bruna Agencia Literaria

INDIAN EXPRESS – “An outstanding and deep act of empathy. Extremely balanced, historically accurate and engaging.”
THE EXACT SEQUENCE OF GESTURES, Fabio Geda
(Nabu International Literary & Film Agency)
By the author of Nel Mare Ci Sono I Coccodrilli, sold to 24 languages. Described in a disenchanted light style, and
with the optimism and a smiling face, the book follows the two youngster protagonists with whom the reader
discovers an unexpected new world, that of the communities that take in young people.
Rights sold to: Italy (Instar Libri), France (Gaïa)
ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE - “Fabio Geda tells us of minor stories that would remain an ordinary everyday business if
this young writer didn’t give them new life thanks to the magic og his poetical writing.”
L’UNITÀ – “In this novel there is a continuous search for an existential barycenter that continues to be elusive.”
THE FOREWORLD SAGA. #1 THE MONGOLIAD, Neil Stephenson et al.
(Amazon Publishing)
An epic-withinan- epic, taking place in 13th century. In it, a small band of warriors and mystics raise their swords to
save Europe from a bloodthirsty Mongol invasion. The saga reaches the modern world via a circuitous route. In the
late 19th century, Sir Richard F. Burton, an expert on exotic languages and historical swordsmanship, is translating
a collection of long-lost manuscripts but he dies before his work is finished. His efforts were thought lost until
recently rediscovered by a team of amateur archaeologists in the ruins of a mansion in Trieste.
Rights sold to: World Spanish (RBA)
THE FOURTH WALL (THE DAGMAR SHAW TRILOGY #3), Walter Jon Williams
(Barry Goldblatt Literary)
Dagmar Shaw got out of the game... and into the movies. Walter Jon Williams is a multiple awarded New York
Times bestselling author whose recent techno-thrillers, This Is Not A Game, Deep State, and the recently released
The Fourth Wall have earned rave reviews.
Rights sold to: US (Orbit)
THE GUARDIAN ANGEL TRILOGY, Arto Halonen
(Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency)
This psychological suspense trilogy tells of the incredible investigation of a remarkable series of true hypnosis
crimes that took place in Denmark during the 1950s. We follow these crimes and the story of the consequences of
the hypnotist's manipulations from the 1950s into present times as a young investigator becomes obsessed with
catching the psychological manipulator.
The Guardian Angel film coming out in 2015!
• #1 THE GUARDIAN ANGEL: This is a about a man who has used hypnosis to turn another man into a robber
and a murderer. The story, based on the true story.
• #2 BIRTH OF A MONSTER: The hypnotist is released from prison and begins to plan his revenge at Anders.
• #3 WHO IS MY CHILD? It is the new millennium and Anders’ daughter Anne joins the police academy. Her
father is dead, but the legacy of the hypnosis crimes he investigated still lives on.
THE HOPE FACTORY, Lavanya Sankaran
(Zachary Shuster Harmsworth)
From celebrated short fiction writer Lavanya Sankaran, The Hope Factory examines with sharp-eyed wit the forces
of love, ambition, desperation, persistence and hope against the complex urban landscape of the southern Indian
city of Bangalore.
Rights sold to: US (Dial Press), UK and Commonwealth (Headline), India (Hachette India)
THE HUNGRY GHOSTS, Shyam Selvadurai
(Westwood Creative Artists)
The Hungry Ghosts is a novel of memory which takes place over a single night, as Shivan, a gay man in his midthirties
prepares to return from Canada to his dying grandmother in Sri Lanka. Like Selvadurai’s previous work, this
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