And I Must Scream: Purgatory is actually a huge building with many rooms, and there the souls are forced to do the same action and always the same action (eg: reading the same book, eating only pizza with the same topping, and so on) and can have only two pauses for the tea (which sucks).Affably Evil: The devils and even Lucifer, who's 'not more wicked than humans themselves'.Annoying Arrows: Averted with the Argentone warrior Parsiphalius Duckheart, who stuff his opponent's chest with 67 arrows ( 60 of which lethal).Angst: Sad Tiger went in great depression and left for other worlds after accidentally killing a cat with an arrow.Third group: the three Devils Ebenezer, Carmilla and Brot are send by Lucifer himself to find the legendary beast known as Kopfs, who can destroy the Zentrum (who's removing the free will, and thus the challenge of tempting mortals) from the people of Tristalia.The second group is composed by Fuku Tiger Eyes, a Cloud Warrior and the ''tiny'' yogi Pat and Visa from the Mountain County, who must retrieve the legendary Cloud Warrior Sad Tiger who went in voluntary exile in the Alterean Worlds, so that he can fight the champion of Tristalia Rollo Napalm.The first group, the 'Brave Kids' composed by Elianto's friends Boccadimiele, Rangio and Iri: Using a Nootic Map found in a Eel's Can they travel to the Alterean Worlds in order to find a cure to Elianto's disease.In this background, the book follows the stories of three groups of people who must venture these worlds: However, he can dream of mysterious worlds which can be reached with a mysterious 'Nootic' Map. However, the champion of County Eight, Elianto is currently recovered because of a mysterious illness called the 'Sweet Plague'.

The various free Counties must win certain 'challenges' with the government of the Nova Repubblica in order to keep their independence. The story is set in 'Tristalia' (a crapsack parody of 1996 Italy), where the 'Nova Repubblica' is ruled by the 20 presidents ( parodies of various Italians politicians and actors) and the all knowing Zentrum. Elianto is a 1996 novel written by Stefano Benni, one of the wittiest and most famous writers in Italy, whose works were also translated in other languages

Elianto by Stefano Benni