The Twenty Days of Turin: A Novel

It's a fascinating story, it's a short story, and it's a horrible story. It is well written, and it reminds me of a lot of things.

High-Rise was written 1975
Doctor Who's Weeping Angels
Umberto Eco,
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis Borges (1962)
Codex Seraphinianus by Luigi Serafini (1976-1978)
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (2001)

But - The language is really purple :-D And the translator has probably just enhanced it.

I would like to illustrate this. I think this should be illustrated. It feels so modern, though it is written 1971