The Forest is Beautiful But… I Wouldn’t Live There!

The formidable feat of two unlikely hikers.

Angelo Mozzillo and Davide Panizza, respectively an author and illustrator of children’s books, aren’t exactly athletic types. The furthest they ever go on foot, usually, is the route from home to the ice cream shop (and even that’s, only if there’s a public transport strike).But, thanks to a cruel twist of fate (and an even crueller colleague, the writer Davide Morosinotto), the two find themselves walking the Via degli Dei (Path of the Gods) – the walking route that leads from the centre of Bologna to the centre of Florence through the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines – in six days. The pair have no training. No equipment. No hope. Will they make it?

• A true story that will make you laugh.
• An adventure novel that is also an autobiographical travel diary.