Francesco Dimitri

Francesco Dimitri is an Italian author and speaker who writes in both Italian and English. The Book of Hidden Things is a novel set in Puglia, southern Italy, that follows four childhood friends who reunite to investigate the disappearance of the most charismatic member of their group, uncovering secrets that blur the boundary between the mundane and the magical. The novel has been praised for its atmospheric evocation of the Italian landscape, its compelling mystery and its exploration of friendship, masculinity and the way the past refuses to stay buried. Dimitri is also the author of non-fiction works on the counterculture and alternative spirituality. His fiction brings the heat, light and dark secrets of southern Italy to life with a storytelling style that combines literary ambition with the pleasures of genre fiction. His audiobooks and books offer readers richly atmospheric fiction rooted in Italian culture and landscape.