Entry 37 · Book chapter 38
January 1 1944
A tedious, unproductive investigation into telephone-wire theft, which the Army wrongly treats as sabotage rather than opportunistic copper theft.
Reflections
Omertà and the irony of 'liberation'
After a wire-cutting investigation dead-ends in silence, a Carabinieri sergeant sardonically thanks Lewis for teaching Naples 'what democratic justice is all about' — Lewis registers the biting irony without the sergeant cracking a smile.
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