An Italian man who was left paralysed after an unprovoked attack in Dublin is celebrating after a major publishing company purchased the rights to his memoir. Guido Nasi (35), whose injuries after the 1999 attack in Fairview Park left him requiring constant care, has spent the past two years of his life writing the book. The attack left him partially sighted, no longer able to walk or feed himself, and battling depression. Mr Nasi and his mother Simonetta – with whom he shares an apartment in Turin – have been told the book should be in the shops by Christmas. “He typed out every word himself, but even moving his finger from a key to the next key would take him about 20 seconds.

Source: The Irish Times May 25, 2018 19:30 UTC