Naples '44: An Intelligence Officer in the Italian Labyrinth

Norman Lewis

Another superb work from Norman Lewis. Lewis was based in Naples during the war, working as an intelligence officer. The population are starving, resorting to eating the tropical fish from the zoo and gathering weeds from the fields. There is also much creativity in making clothes from black market army blankets. Lewis observes all, as usual, with a dry and sometimes black humour but also with great compassion. Highly recommended.
Jean 19/1/03

Very good book - diary stitched together about being in intelligence in Naples in 1944. Tells you interesting things you didn't know. Not sure what he's doing most of the time - trying to catch collaborators and saboteurs, he thinks. The real problem is that everyone is starving. He tells you unbelievable things that are believable.
Doreen 23/2/03

This has been reviewed twice already so Gill did not go into a lot of detail but she confirmed the verdicts of Jean and Doreen that it is an excellent book, shocking but enjoyable.
Gill 30/3/03

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