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Sanesi's Alfa Romeo conked out be tween Aquila and Rome. From then on, the race settled down to a finish fight between German Driver Karl Kling, winner of last November's Pan American road race, and Argentina's Fangio-both in Alfa Romeos-and Gianni Marzotto in his Ferrari. At the end of 950 miles, it was Marzotto's Ferrari, smaller and easier to handle than the huge Alfas, which crossed the finish line first in new record time: 10 hr. 37 min. 19 sec., for an average speed of better than 88 m.p.h...
Died. Benedetto Croce, 86, Italy's famed historian-philosopher, longtime (since 1910) member of the Italian Senate and member (for six weeks) of the post-surrender Badoglio cabinet; in Naples. Born into a wealthy family of Aquila, he went to Rome after his parents were killed in an earthquake and began his study of philosophy. A lifelong agnostic, he believed that the supernatural is no concern of the philosopher ("Man can only know that which he has experienced"), held that philosophy is no more than a method of history. He flirted briefly with Marxism, later with Fascism, quickly rejected...
Uncle Giorgio thought that Anisetta was going to do a lot for the boy, but he didn't rely altogether on her simplicity and good looks to bring Aquila to his senses. When they got married, Giorgio presented them with all the forged money and papers needed for a trip to England and escorted them off to let Aquila meet the great Professor Lissom in person...
...Back Tuesday." When they got to Oxford, the professor was delighted. For Aquila, he arranged a series of instructive meetings with progressive people that kept the young man fully occupied. For Anisetta and himself, the professor set up a cozy week in the country. Before she went off, Anisetta wrote a note that she thought would surely bring Aquila in pursuit, cure him of being progressive once & for all: "Have gone to live in sin for a week with Professor Lissom, back Tuesday lunch-your loving wife A." Uncle Giorgio thought the note would be enough, too, but it wasn...
Uncle Giorgio, Anisetta and Author Menen's fans have to go through a lot more before Aquila sees the light. After the professor comes a French existentialist count, after him a comic American from Ohio, and then a comic psychiatrist. Finally, to Uncle Giorgio's great relief, Aquila is stung into fighting a duel with another comic American-a Southerner, suh, that only a British writer could dream up-and the pair leap into each other's arms. The book ends two years later with Aquila hugging his wife and benignly watching baby shred up his books...