That Awful Mess On The Via Merulana - Carlo Emilio Gadda But the assignment offers Emilia

But the assignment offers Emilia more than just an opportunity to prove herself as a writer

it explores Benito Mussolini’s rise to power and a movement that

Translator: Annie McDermott

Cousins is the jewel in Venturini's oeuvre - mischievous and stylish

Translator: Ann Wright

That Awful Mess On The Via Merulana - Carlo Emilio Gadda But the assignment offers EmiliaIn a large apartment house in central Rome, two crimes are committed within a matter of days: a burglary, in which a good deal of money and precious jewels are taken, and a murder, as a young woman whose husband is out of town is found with her throat cut. Called in to investigate, melancholy Detective Ciccio, a secret admirer of the murdered woman and a friend of her husband's, discovers that almost everyone in the apartment building is somehow