The plot: a young boy aged 9 has been killed and the body found in a well. An atrocious crime of which stands accused a Senegalese, Abdou Thiam, who works at a beach near the house of the grandparents where the child usually played. All evidence and testimonies lead to the condemnation of the Senegalese guy, above all a photo and the testimony of a barman. A criminal trial already destined: having no means, attends a state assigned lawyer and twenty years imprisonment. it is a destiny that crosses with that of lawyer in crisis, who in defending Abdou rediscovers long lost new taste of life.
Criminal lawyer Guerrieri, of Bari, on longer love his job because finds this working environment corrupt and immoral, suffers panic attacks vere since his wife left him and does not really know what to do with his future, until a young lady comes to his office pleading him to assist his husband who has been unjustly accused of having killed a 9 year old boy after having tried to abuse him. All seem to have already been written because the public prosecutor, and the police involved in the arrest, have already condemned “the Blackman”” before the due trial.
The editor of the publishing house Sellerio has already agreed with the translation of the book in Swahili to the Soomaaliya Association.