How Alessandro Giardino Found His First Novel in Caravaggio’s ‘The Seven Acts of Mercy’

The Caravaggio Syndrome is now available in English after several reprints in Italy.

A book cover for The Caravaggio Syndrome, a novel by Alessandro Giardino, showing a woman with her eyes closed resting her head against a suspended, lifeless arm, with the title and author’s name in bold serif font on a maroon background and a large Baroque painting of a chaotic scene featuring the martyrdom of Saint Matthew, where an angel descends above a group of struggling figures, with a woman and child watching from above.

Observer Arts Interviews: Alessandro Giardino, author of The Caravaggio Syndrome

How Alessandro Giardino Found His First Novel in Caravaggio’s ‘The Seven Acts of Mercy’