by Melvin Burgess · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804549543
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«Il chiodo fisso» is the young adult novel by Melvin Burgess, published by Mondadori in 2005 in paperback (296 pages, in Italian).
Three teenage friends deal with a shared obsession: sex. As they try to fit that impulse into an emotional life full of doubts, clumsy loves appear, friendships that embarrass, parental infidelities, and relationships with teachers that go from dream to nightmare. A realistic, ironic, and provocative coming-of-age novel.
The work was originally published in 2003 as «Doing It», with Italian translation by M. Bartocci. Winner of the 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Young Adult Literature.
For young readers aged 14 and up and those seeking a raw and honest look at adolescent awakening.
Melvin Burgess is a British writer of children's fiction. He became famous in 1996 with the publication of Junk, about heroin-addicted teenagers on the streets of Bristol. In Britain, Junk became one of the best-known young adult books of the decade. Burgess won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British author. For the 10th anniversary in 2007 it was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite.
