Antonello Caporale lives and works in Rome. For Italian daily La Repubblica he writes about politics and created the column Senza rete, which became the collection book La Ciurma. He also writes Il Breviario, daily column about political life, and the column Piccola Italia on the newspaper’s portal repubblica.it. He is author of Peccatori. Gli italiani nei dieci comandamenti (2009), Mediocri. I potenti dell’Italia immobile (2008), Impuniti. Storia di un sistema incapace, sprecone e felice (2007).