MORAVIA, ALBERTO: _The Conformist_ (1951). Marcello Clerici’s
attempt to escape abnormality leads him to a career in the Fascist
secret police and political murder.
----: _The Fancy Dress Party_ (1952). Political and amorous
intrigue involving a South American dictator, his secret police,
and revolutionaries. Ends in murder.
SILONE, IGNAZIO: _Fontamara_ (1934). Growing political awareness
and resistance to Fascism destroy a poor village. Peasants v.
landowners and the regime. An appeal.
----: _Bread and Wine_ (1937). A revolutionary torn between
Communism and religion. Pietro Spina seeks the best of the two
while underground from the Fascists.
----: _A Handful of Blackberries_ (1953). Rocco de Donatis’
post-war break with Communism, his survival of its attack, and his
re-entry into pro-peasant activity.
TADDEI, EZIO: _The Pine Tree and the Mole_ (1945). The top and
bottom strata of Livorno society as Fascism uses the underworld to
aid in its rise to power.