The conversion

"Thirty-one-year-old writer and translator Russell Todaro, having witnessed an armed robbery attempt on his hotel room and the subsequent death of his lover, Ed, finds the dead man's unpublished memoirs and seeks refuge at the Italian villa of a friend, where he must decide is he should follow Ed's wishes and ruin the manuscript or hand it over to his publisher."@en
"Russell Todaro, a young American translator, moves to Paris to take stock of his life and goals only to lose himself in the surprising twists fate has in store for him. One night, two men waving guns and knives break and enter their Paris hotel room, terrorizing Russell and his much older companion, a famous American poet named Edward Cannon. The intruders, not finding what they seemingly expected, leave without further incident but the baffling, traumatic events overwhelm Cannon who dies in his sleep later that night. Now Russell is left to ponder the meaning of the attack, what to do."@en