Don Camillo and His Flock by Giovanni Guareschi
Don Camillo and His Flock by Giovanni Guareschi
All Saints Press | 1961 | ASIN: B001RX4KLE | 250 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Don Camillo and his Flock, the second in the series of Guareschi's fabulous tales of Don Camillo, a hot-tempered parish priest, and the communist Mayor Peppone, his equally hard-headed enemy. The two loathe each other, and often resort to blackmail and schoolboy tricks in order to gain an advantage over the other. The stories are outrageously funny: there's the tale of Rhadames, the choirboy who can't sing. And the story of Smilzo, "a young gentleman who decides to put the doctrine of free love into practice." And finally, the gilded angel on top of the church that Don Camillo can't quite fathom. At the end of it all, it's Don Camillo and Peppone who must temporarily sort out their differences to bring order to the day. A fine rainy day, any day read, over and over again, this book is truly one of the finest examples of satire, with, and literary magic ever to weave its spell on me.