The novel Gigli deals specifically with gender violence from a decidedly original perspective. Giulio is the collateral victim of a rape and the subsequent murder of his wife. The text analyses the protagonist's life after the trial verdict. The events are narrated through flashbacks and recount what happened from the different points of view of the victim and the perpetrator.

The ending corresponds with the closing of the circle of the man's reflections and the fulfilment of a strange physical outcome.

The title refers to the flowers that mark the two major turning points in the protagonist's life.