Francesco Guccini is a singer and songwriter, his activity is one of the most original and striking of the Italian literary scene of the last decade. He wrote seven crime novels with L. Macchiavelli, and has authored a number of books: Cròniche Epafániche (1989), Vacca d’un cane (1993) published by Feltrinelli; La legge del bar e altre comiche (2005), Cittanòva blues (2003), Dizionario delle cose perdute (2012) published by Mondadori. A proof of his lexicographer talent is Vocabolario del dialetto pavanese (Edizioni Nuèter, 1998).