Award

Il Premio. I.e. what is literature? What distinguish a real writer from a pathetic amateur? Maybe the opinion of a related journalist, or the award ceremony, or the commercial success of a book? Montalbán does not know, and does not care. He prefers to kill a literary mecenate, and let Pepe Carvalho investigate on the delict while floating on exclusive whiskey, sharp irony and the delusion of who loves humanity too much for hiding behind art.

Deep thoughts

Surfing the net I came across this website. It looks like the delirium of someone who is twitting while denying she is, but I believe it is much more than that. Deep Thoughts is the mental journey in the mind of a blogger, who reports about her internal world as opposite to the banality of twitter.

But why call it Deep Thoughts? Are superficial thoughts not good enough? I guess deep thoughts are more difficult to express, more difficult to reach, require more effort to elaborate, some special concentration exercise, like putting your own finger in some special pressure point of your body. What strikes me of Deep Thoughts is that sex is basically absent; again another evidence against the urban legend that wants people thinking very often about sex.

Rome

Rome, from Lonely Planet. A great book, ideally to read when visiting Rome; it is also a very pleasant lecture when visiting other cities; however the included map will generally give you the wrong indication in that case.

With closed eyes

Ad occhi chiusi, e.g. with closed eyes; it indicates the best way to read this book.

All the truth on Berlusconi's gate

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Boccamurata (sealed mouth)

Why talking?