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Tom began his career as a reporter in north London before becoming a spokesman for Scotland Yard where he was a frequent visitor, for strictly professional reasons, to its famed Black Museum. He went on to work in international aid and public health before moving to Bologna with his Italian wife. Tom's first job in Bologna as a doorman at a homeless canteen exposed him to an Italy less travelled and helped inspire his debut A Quiet Death In Italy. ...more

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“I sat in the grounds of a hospital: the chirruping of cicadas, the fresh, pine-infused air, Italy’s inability to design even utilitarian medical facilities without a touch of finesse. The sign in front of me was written in appropriately Italicised script: MEDICINA 1,”
― Tom Benjamin, Requiem in La Rossa
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