Guarding Hanna
Guarding Hanna is a novel by Miha Mazzini. First published in Slovenia in 2000 under the title of Telesni čuvaj (Body guard). Second Slovenian edition was published in 2004. Plot introductionHe was born a freak. With above-average intelligence, which soon realises that a body bent on destruction cannot live among others. The only person who can help him is a Mafia don, who has enough money to isolate the monster. But nothing comes free. And now, the moment when the freak has to repay the favour has arrived. He has to come out of isolation and become a bodyguard of a woman named Hanna for a week. TranslationsFirst American edition was published in 2002 by Scala House press under the title Guarding Hanna. Awards and nominationsNominated for International Dublin Literary Award 2004.[1] References
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