A long letter written by grandfather Camilleri, professor of theater direction and author of the most famous detective novel series. He writes the letter to Matilda, his great-granddaughter, because he wanted to tell her about himself in his own words and leave part of his memory written. Thus, Camilleri left Matilda and readers a personal human narrative of a distinct historical period in the history of Italy and Europe as a whole, from the point of view of a human personality, in which he tells about the period of Italy's crisis with fascism through the eyes of a child and then a young man, a child who was affected and believed in it at first and then a young reader who was able to reevaluate the concepts and ideas he was raised on, Camilleri's biography not only tells us his story, but also informs us about the impact of reading and knowledge and its importance in changing minds, but it is the biography of a person who never stopped until In his old age about realizing that he is a person "in development" and that we are changing and evolving every day.