{"product_id":"ciao-don-camillo-piers-dudgeon-9781900064675","title":"Ciao Don Camillo","description":"No. 11 - The New Don Camillo\u003cp\u003eMore shrewd and colourful observations of life in Italy's widest and most fertile plain, stories so telling that time and again they reverberate with insights relevant not only locally but also internationally, and even to our lives today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuareschi mines his satire with an eye for a paradox. War creates unity (Peppone battles side-by-side with Don Camillo in the Italian Resistance). Then peace spells conflict, as the communist mayor and village priest become the local bigwigs in all-out war between East and West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, Christ above the altar in the village church strives with wisdom, irony and gentle humour to keep the peace between the two titans, their minds clouded with ideology and the need to win.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the most prescient and perceptive voices of the twentieth century.' Tobias Jones, \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Heart of Italy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Piers Dudgeon, Giovanni Guareschi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1900064677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781900064675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pilot Film \u0026amp; Television Productions Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Piers Dudgeon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46420569260287,"sku":"9781900064675","price":13.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dcc64b4e-e376-4412-9829-dcac1d3e2d1b.jpg?v=1734635013","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ciao-don-camillo-piers-dudgeon-9781900064675","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}