Don Camillo and Company av Giovanni Guareschi

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<p>This is the first wholly new collection of Don Camillo stories to be translated into English for over forty years - novel enchantments for those who already know the hot-headed village priest and his adversary Peppone, the communist mayor, and a very special entr¿or those who don''t.</p><p>Set against the background of the rise and fall of fascism (Mussolini, Hitler) and post-war communism (Stalin, Khrushchev and Mao''s China), the author looks down with hawk''s-eye vision into the lives of the ordinary people of La Bassa, and delivers his message with great humour and insight - to cut through prejudice and political correctness and follow one''s inner voice rather than any political dogma.</p><p>''So concerned with the trivialities of everyday life ... and so shrewd.'' <i>London Evening News</i></p><p>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</p><p>Giovannino Guareschi, known as Giovanni to his millions of English language readers, was born at Fontanelle in the Valley of the Po on the 1st of May, 1908. His