Dying on the Vine

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As always, it took a number of people to help me over the rough spots and keep me out of trouble in Dying on the Vine, and it’s a pleasure to express my appreciation to them.

Capitano Roccangelo Tritto and Luogotenente Roberto Conforti treated me most cordially at Carabinieri headquarters in Florence and took time to answer my questions there. For many months afterward, Luogotenente Conforti patiently continued to answer them by e-mail.

Also demonstrating commendable patience were my Italian friends Vincenzo Panza, Alberto Venanzetti, and University of Ottawa Professor Cristina Perissinotto, who uncomplainingly answered every one of the many questions I posted to them on Italian culture, language, and mores. I apologize to them for bending a few things in the interest of storytelling.

As usual, J. Stanley Rhine, professor emeritus at the University of New Mexico, was my go-to person on matters anthropological.

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