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...Fassolas stuff their black shirts and their bellies. The intertwining fortunes of the two families require, and almost justify, every episode and dialogue-choked page Novelist Pasinetti allots to them. Young Enrico Fassola falls in love with Elena, but she breaks his heart and pride by having an affair with a childhood sweetheart. Test Pilot Massimo Fassola plummets to a watery death, leaving another Partibon girl pregnant. Novelist Pasinetti does deft sketches of pedants and peasants, including a notable portrait of a venomous Fascist toady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Waiting for Marco | 5/16/1960 | See Source »

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