Published in 2018, Scurati’s novel M: Il figlio del secolo (M: Son of the Century) became a literary sensation in Italy and won the prestigious . Unlike traditional biographies, Scurati uses a "documentary novel" style where every dialogue and event is backed by historical records, yet the narrative is driven by the internal monologue of Benito Mussolini.

Ultimately, the tragedy of the "Son of the Century" is that his mastery of the moment led to a decade of ruin. He proved that while one can build a movement on grievance and theater, a nation cannot be sustained indefinitely on the adrenaline of conflict.

And yet, Scurati’s genius is to show that the wolf was also a son. The son of a blacksmith and a schoolteacher. The son of socialist utopias and Nietzschean ambitions. The son of an age that had just watched millions of young men choke on mud and gas in the trenches—and then, having lost its faith in reason, knelt before anyone who promised to make the trains run on time and the crowds tremble.

Mussolini's time in power came to an end on April 27, 1945, when he and Petacci were captured by Italian partisans while attempting to flee to Switzerland. They were executed the next day, and their bodies were hung upside down in Milan's Piazzale Loreto.

After launching from last year's Venice Film Festival, British director Joe Wright's high-end TV drama “Mussolini: Son of the Cent... Variety Show all Major Characters Character Role Performer Benito Mussolini The protagonist and founder of Fascism Luca Marinelli Margherita Sarfatti Mussolini’s influential mistress and mentor Barbara Chichiarelli Cesare Rossi Mussolini’s political right-hand man Francesco Russo Giacomo Matteotti Socialist politician and martyr for resistance Gaetano Bruno Rachele Mussolini Mussolini's neglected wife Benedetta Cimatti Would you like to know more about the

Writing an essay on Antonio Scurati’s M-Son of the Century (or the historical figure of Benito Mussolini during that era) requires looking at how a journalist-turned-politician managed to "hack" the Italian psyche.