After studying law in Rome and political science at Sciences Po Paris—where he now teaches—Italo-Swiss essayist Giuliano da Empoli served as Deputy Mayor for Culture in Florence and later as political advisor to Matteo Renzi.
Following The Engineers of Chaos (Les ingénieurs du chaos, JC Lattès, 2019), which explored how populists manipulate algorithms, and The Wizard of the Kremlin (Le mage du Kremlin, Gallimard, 2022)—winner of the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française, with over 700,000 copies sold and translations in thirty countries—he returns with The Hour of the Predators (L’heure des prédateurs, Gallimard, 2025).
This latest novel is a gripping and chilling dive into the inner workings of a ruthless, unprincipled, and utterly unrestrained political elite.
In French.
