The Temptation to Be Happy

His name is Cesare Annunziata, he is seventy-seven years old, and for seventy-two years and one hundred eleven days of his life, he let it go to waste. But now it's time to live life to the fullest! Enjoying life, he happily chats about everything: himself, his wife and mistresses, his crazy neighbors, and adult children. However, when the mysterious neighbor Emma appears, Cesare immediately wants to help her. Maybe it's because she is married to a shady person. Or perhaps it's because she reminds him of the biggest secret of his life. The novel has been translated into eighteen languages. In 2017, a film based on the book was released in Italy.