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Naples ’44: An Intelligence Officer in the Italian Labyrinth

Naples ’44: An Intelligence Officer in the Italian Labyrinth

Author(s): Norman Lewis

Location(s): Naples

Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Historical

Era(s): 1940s

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Norman Lewis is one of the least appreciated authors and travel writers fot he last century. The city is liberated in 1944 by the Allies and this book captures the bleakness and futility of war, yet the the true resilience and nascent optimism of the people starting on the reconstruction of their city.

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A terrific author who deserves a wider audience. This is a terrific book, set in Naples, observing with diamond sharp clarity and humour the post war trials and tribulations. A must for Naples.

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