Seventy-seven-year-old Cesare Annunсiata spent 72 years and 111 days of his life in a boring routine, but now he decides to live to the fullest! He loves to talk about everything—his life, family, mistresses, neighbors, and adult children. When a mysterious neighbor, Emma, appears, Cesare wants to help her—perhaps because she is married to a questionable man, or perhaps because she reminds him of his own secret. The novel has been translated into 18 languages, and in 2017 an Italian film based on it was released.