By John Fante
West of Rome's novellas, "My puppy Stupid" and "The Orgy," satisfy the promise in their rousing titles. The latter novella opens with virtuoso description: "His identify used to be Frank Gagliano, and he didn't think in God. He was once that almost all singular and startling craftsman of the development trade-a left-handed bricklayer. Like my father, Frank got here from Torcella Peligna, a cliff-hugging city within the Abruzzi. Lean as a spider, he wore a leather-based cap and puttees the yr round, and he used to be so bowlegged a puppy may lope among his knees with no touching them."
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