Marco Malvaldi is a well known italian novel writer. Born in Pisa 1974, he's a chemical researcher. His novels are all written an a very humouristic style, using the typical language of this part of tuscany. In 2012 is published the latest of his novels: "La carta piĆ¹ alta". The novel is the fourth of the series of the "old men of Pineta", on the seaside near Pisa. The old men, sitting mainly on a bar table under a tree, are solving a lot of mysteries in a very nice and involving way of writing.