Oriana Fallaci was a famous Italian journalist. Having grown up in poverty in Florence, she rose to prominence, thanks to old-fashioned hard work and just a little bit of sass. Indeed, she was ahead of her time. Fallaci became a reporter at a moment in world history when women were expected to raise children, cook, clean, and be quiet.

This unconventional ambition followed by great success makes the biography Oriana Fallaci: The Journalist, the Agitator, the Legend (October 2017) by Cristina De Stefano a worthy read. What makes the book so special is the fact that it is written in a similar way to the profiles Fallaci herself had written.