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...Holy City and finds a few shadowy, crackpot friends. There is Sir Craven, so named for his Craven "A" cigarettes, a fop straight out of the Oscar Wilde era and The Yellow Book. There is a businesslike crook named Enrico, and there is a beautiful girl named Geronima, who tucks a flower into Jimmy's buttonhole each morning. Soon he becomes known across Rome as "the guide with the flower." With such a cast the story, such as it is, can only be dreamlike and tragicomic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mixed Fiction, Jun. 22, 1959 | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

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