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“Midnight in Sicily” by Peter Robb, Vintage.
Much in the same way that those who learn a language end up with a much deeper knowledge and command of its grammar than the natives, it’s also true that foreigners can, if they live someplace long enough, get to … Continue reading
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Tagged Andreotti, Borsellino, Christian Democrats, Cosa nostra, DC, Falcone, Giulio Andreotti, Mafia, Midnight in Sicily, Peter Robb, Robb, Sciascia, Sicily, Vintage, Vintage books, Vintage Press
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“A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions”, by Peter Robb, Bloomsbury.
Courtesy Bloomsbury publishing If I were to trawl through my notebooks, through the shapeless lumps of bytes that make the impalpable documents folder in my laptop’s solid-state drive, I’d find a page, or many a .docx files, titled exactly like … Continue reading
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Tagged A death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, Book Review, Brazil, Fernando de Collor, Lula da Silva, Nordeste, Pernambuco, Peter Robb, Recife
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