Ray Bradbury's novel ‘Fahrenheit 451', made famous by Truffaut, is referenced in Sotterraneo's new work, in which a dystopian future - there was a ban on reading - is matched by a real night of civilisation, the burning of books, reminiscent of Hitler's May 1933 book burning. As in ‘Fahrenheit', it was the fanatical followers of a liberticidal policy who decided.