<DIV><p>Three boys, three diverging destinies-but what, or who, is pulling the strings?</B><p><p> It was a memorable summer: with the broken-down old road that suddenly turned into a strip of gleaming asphalt, and the abandoned motorbike the three boys found as a rusty heap and built into a racer. But it was also more than that, more than a distraction from the boredom of their small Tuscan town, than a few weeks of racing and dodging the attentions of the local Marshal.<p><p>For Jacopo and his two friends, it began their journeys out into the world, separated by thousands of miles, steered by something other than fate-helped on their way, and controlled...<p><p>Tautly written and deeply moving, Enchantment is more than a simple coming-of-age story, it is a powerful, original novel from an important, compelling new author.<p><p><B>Pietro Grossi</B>, writer and translator, was born in 1978 in Florence and currently lives and works in Tuscany. His collection of short stories, <I>Fists</I>, and his novel <I>The Break</I>are also published by Pushkin Press.<p><p>"A fine writer" Tobias Jones, <I>The Sunday Times</I><p><p>Praise for The Break:<p>"Small and perfectly formed ... reaching its end leaves the reader desirous to start all over again" Amanda Hopkinson, <I>Independent</I><p><p>Praise for Fists:<p><p>"There is more power and pathos in this short piece of spare, timeless prose than in most densely-written novels" Daniel Hahn, <I>Independent</I><p></DIV>