Status Updates From The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia

So good I’m at the point where it’s irritating to be interrupted….

Left at 25%. Way too slow moving.

… that we are learning to ask better questions.”

… “But, Bestianeddu,” Mela said, “you cannot pretend there isn’t more violence now. It has gone beyond our control.”

“We know of more violence now,” the communist corrected. “That does not mean it wasn’t always there, the strong taking advantage of the weak… There is no need to romanticize the past…”

“Now, be careful,” Bestiano Massara said. “Nostalgia is the root of fascism, don’t forget. The idea that things were once better than they are now is preposterous. Our parents starved and watched their children die unbaptized. Our grandparents were reaped by their masters like zucchini, lived in thrall, and worked for no pay. Things get better every generation. Our current unhappiness springs from the fact