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Desperate to solve the mystery

"Weer een dag zonder brief

they are still on the run

ailing aristocrat who retreats to an isolated villa where her indulges his taste for luxury and excess

The House on the Hill - Cesare Pavese Kris Lauwerys Desperate to solve the mysteryJune, 1943. Allied aircraft are bombing Turin; fascist Italy is on its knees. Every evening, after a day's teaching in the city, Corrado returns to the safety of the hills and the care of his two doting landladies. He has no attachments, no obligations. Yet against his better judgement he is drawn to the easy warmth of a circle of anti fascists who congregate at a nearby tavern, and confronted with a painful choice: emotional and political commitment,

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