Writer Ben Pastor on the trail of Manzoni, amidst crimes and mysteries.

The Zelbio cult series continues on Saturday, this time featuring internationally renowned writer Ben Pastor , who discusses the possible continuation of Manzoni's story of Renzo and Lucia with Armando Besio. The starting point, fueled by their mutual literary passion, is La fossa dei lupi o come prosegui i Promessi Sposi (Mondadori), the surprising novel that imagines a sequel to Manzoni's masterpiece, transforming it into an investigation of crime and mystery set against the backdrop of 17th-century Lombardy . Three years after the events recounted by Manzoni, Renzo and Lucia are seemingly living a new peace. But the murder of the Unnamed, which occurred in the mountains above Lecco, shatters this balance.

Investigating the case is a young lieutenant of justice, Diego Antonio de Olivares, who leads the reader into a world populated by disarmed thugs. An intelligent and passionate tribute to Alessandro Manzoni.