A book that I would have loved to love, because my name is in its title and because Arpino comes from my hometown, but one that left me remarkably unmoved. A shame considering that the author is the genius behind Il Buio e il Miele (the basis for the movie Scent of a Woman), but I guess Italian coming-of-age stories from that period, much like Fellini's I Vitelloni, are just not for me.
James Baldwin can rest assured - Giovanni's Room is still easily my favourite Giovanni-focused book!
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