My Brilliant Friend

MyBrilliant Friend is a story about the strength of femalefriendship. When the most important friend in her life seems to havedisappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman immersed in ahouse full of books, turns on her computer and starts writing the story oftheir friendship. She met Raffaella Cerullo, whom she has always called Lila,in the first year of primary school in 1950. Set in a dangerous and fascinatingNaples, their story thus begins and goes on to cover over 60 years of theirlives, trying to describe the mystery of Lila, Elena's brilliant friend and –in a way – her best friend and her worst enemy.