Dear Mr. Alden,alden wrote:Caro FilangieriJust think of how many Italian intellectuals (less gifted than Malaparte, of course) played a starring role in the hilarious fin-de-siècle movie "From Marx to Berlusconi" !
Your reference to Groucho would have pleased him greatly!
Our most recent President of Italy, Mr. Napoletano, is a Communist. He has a wonderful mansion in Sicily on the island of Panarea, a jet set destination, not far from the mansion of Dustin Hoffman.
Oh, I did say mansion, not gulag, right?
Cheers
If you really insist on poking facile fun at my country's president, at least be congnizant of the fact that the ability to spell his name correctly would lend your cutting critique some credibility.
rgds