The Last Italian: Portrait of a People

by William Murray

Overview

Since his childhood in Italy, William Murray has had a love affair with the country and its people.

The Last Italian: Portrait of a People is his tribute to the Italy he so loves—a provocative, candid portrait that takes us off the beaten path and reveals an Italy not covered in any guidebook.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780671779993
Publisher:	Touchstone
Publication date:	06/01/1992
Series:	Destination Book
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

William Murray was a fiction editor and staff writer at The New Yorker for more than thirty years

Table of Contents

	Foreword	xi
	Introduction	xv
	Romans from Rome
Chapter 1	Cronaca di Roma	3
Chapter 2	The Chains of Hope	23
Chapter 3	Horseman, Come Back	35
Chapter 4	Forza, Italia!	41
	Legacies
Chapter 5	The Spoils of Sperlonga	51
Chapter 6	The Agony of Cassino	69
Chapter 7	The Venetian Mask	87
	Neapolitan Connections
Chapter 8	The Old Cat	103
Chapter 9	The Tunnel of Chaos	119
	Entrepreneurs
Chapter 10	The Queen of the Bogs	147
Chapter 11	La Fortuna	157
Chapter 12	The Model and the Playboy	179
Chapter 13	The Image of the Prince	191
	Emigrants
Chapter 14	Italians in the Garden	221
Chapter 15	Golden Throats	233
Chapter 16	The Last Italian	247

Editorial Reviews

The New Yorker 's Rome correspondent writes of his mother's native land, his affection tempered by awareness of its foibles. (June)

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