Gianfrancesco Turano writes for the Italian weekly l’Espresso. He is the author of Tutto il calcio miliardo per miliardo (2007) and Gioco di potere. La vera storia dei presidenti del calcio (2012) and four novels: Ragù di capra (2005), Catenaccio (2006), L’ultima bionda (2007) and Rimedia amoris (2009).
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