Children of Monsters
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Jay Nordlinger. Children of Monsters
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“A magnetic page-turner that nonetheless is complex and deep. The fascinating and horrific details Nordlinger unearths flow together to pose important and disturbing questions about love, loyalty, history, and human nature.”
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The dictator quotes his older son, Vittorio, on the subject of Bruno’s love for music. Bruno enjoyed discussing the merits of this or that soprano, or this or that tenor, says Vittorio. Most people loved the tenor Beniamino Gigli, and Bruno did, too; but, in a departure from the consensus, he preferred Giacomo Lauri-Volpi. During the recent opera season in Pisa, says Vittorio, Bruno never missed a night. A few days before he died, he bought a recording of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, which he listened to “with joy.”
Mussolini declares that his son was a “fascista nato e vissuto.” That is, he was born a Fascist and lived the life of a Fascist. “All that I have done or will do,” says Mussolini, “is nothing compared with what you have done.” He says that he will one day meet Bruno in the family crypt, to sleep beside him the sleep without end. But first, victory—victory in the war. So that sacrifices of people like him will not be in vain.
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