Nanni Delbecchi, born in Lucca, Tuscany, in 1957, became a journalist guided by Indro Montanelli, first at daily Il Giornale then La Voce; today he is a television critic for Il Fatto Quotidiano. In 2004 he published I favolosi anni zero. He is also author of Il signor Ikea. Una favola democratica (2007) and the only Italian journalist to have managed an interview with Mr. Ikea. His latest book is entitled La coscienza di Mike (2009).