Four old school friends have a pact: to meet up every year in the small town in Puglia they grew up in. Art, the charismatic leader of the group and creator of the pact, insists that the agreement must remain unshakable and enduring. But this year, he never shows up.
A visit to his house increases the friends’ worry – Art is farming marijuana, and in Southern Italy doing that kind of thing can be very dangerous. They can’t go to the Carabinieri, so must make enquiries of their own, and come across bizarre rumours that Art miraculously cured the local mafia boss’s daughter of terminal leukaemia.
Among the chaos of his house, they find a document written by Art, The Book of Hidden Things, that promises to reveal dark secrets and wonders beyond anything previously known. A seductive fantasy set in the beguiling landscape of Southern Italy, about friendship, love, and the nature of mystery itself.
