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***Likely a few Typos*** Fishermen were nocturnal creatures who slept by day and fished by night. They stayed out on the lagoon for days at a time and when they came ashore they smelled so much of fish that cats followed them through the…
… compared to a gunboat, the Fatima is, well, not much faster than a cork. === “Thin ice my friend, very thin ice. Remember, even a worm has teeth.” === Even in mourning, everything about her was heaving and buxom, with a healthy olive…
“Did I tell you about Byron?” “You told me. Was he a good fisherman?” “I don’t know.” “So we’re even.” === He thought fish were mysterious, more a race than a species, and an invitation to another world. If she didn’t see it that way,…
“Teach me how to fish.” “Are you willing to get wet and stink like a fish?” “Better than being a prisoner. But I need a rod and reel.” “Do you? I suppose if you’re a rich man and have all day to catch a fish, that’s one way to go about…
“Since when do you sail with girls?” “One girl,” Cenzo said. “When it comes to bad luck, one girl will do as well as a dozen….” === … he did not believe In this war and his sole intent was to outlive it. === “ ’Such hath it been—shall…
Cenzo said, “Do you hear that, Nido? A girl is willing to go where grown men are afraid to tread. How does that make you feel?” “That my skin comes first …” === For his brother, everything was geometry. One angle determined another angle,…
“I’m learning to fish,” Giulia said. “From my friend Cenzo? I could sell tickets to that.” === “Us. We are the crabs, climbing over each other and shedding our own shells, Fascists one moment, Reds the next.” === “A wise man,” he liked…
"What if Salo is bombed?” “It won’t be. At least it hasn’t been.” “Why not? Mussolini is here.” “It would be a waste of ammunition. Ask yourself: which is more important, Mussolini or a locomotive.” === “Did you know that the violin was…
“You know, a month from now, you and I might be strolling in a liberated Venice. It will be like the day after Carnival when all the masks come off and it will become evident who are the heroes, who are the traitors, and who are the…
“Cole Porter said it best. ‘You’re the top, you’re Mussolini. You’re the top, “you‘re a dry martini.’” === An honest man is always called a cynic. You think that the liberation will be like the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace?…
There’s plenty of money to be made out of a bankruptcy,” Otto said. “Believe me, I’ve done it more than once myself. Communist? Fascist? Gold bullion doesn’t care about politics. Neither do Swiss marks or notes of credit. While we thought…
There’s no more delicate military operation than a surrender. All you need to turn a surrender into a slaughter is take away trust. === It’s said that Napoleon’s retreat from Russia was a disaster because his army tried to carry home too…
Why was the period on the Fatima seemed a happy time for both of them was mystery to Cenzo. As he remembered, all he and Giulia had done was argue. === Nothing happened? A man and a woman are alone on a small boat for three weeks and you…
Cenzo pulled the plane’s nose up. “Hang on,” he said. “What does that mean?” “It means hang on.” === Nido lifted his head ponderously, as a great turtle might. “What gold?” “Don’t worry,” Cenzo said. “We dumped it. It was too heavy.” …
The day of liberation was followed by days of uncertainty. Whoever had been on top was likely to find himself on the bottom. Not only soldiers and Fascists had to adjust, but also the technocrats and bureaucrats who had kept the cogs of…
Switzerland was full of spies and decoys all watching each other. The more spies that wasted their time watching … the fewer watched the Allied forces. === You always have something to lose. === And as a matter of professional courtesy, I…
“My father wasn’t an educated man but he was what could be called a ‘natural philosopher.’ A bit of a dreamer. Sometimes he didn’t catch as many fish as he should have because he was so busy watching the world. He could tell you when a…
The Allies didn’t bomb Salo, not once. They blew up soldiers the length of Italy, but Mussolini was not worth the expenditure of a single bomb. I feel for the suckers who volunteered. They wanted to die for the Motherland. Well, they got…