- West
- of
- Rome's
- two
- novellas,
- "My
- Dog
- Stupid"
- and
- "The
- Orgy,"
- fulfill
- the
- promise
- of
- their
- rousing
- titles.
- The
- latter
- novella
- opens
- with
- virtuoso
- description:
- "His
- name
- was
- Frank
- Gagliano,
- and
- he
- did
- not
- believe
- in
- God.
- He
- was
- that
- most
- singular
- and
- startling
- craftsman
- of
- the
- building
- trade-a
- left-handed
- bricklayer.
- Like
- my
- father,
- Frank
- came
- from
- Torcella
- Peligna,
- a
- cliff-hugging
- town
- in
- the
- Abruzzi.
- Lean
- as
- a
- spider,
- he
- wore
- a
- leather
- cap
- and
- puttees
- the
- year
- around,
- and
- he
- was
- so
- bowlegged
- a
- dog
- could
- lope
- between
- his
- knees
- without
- touching them."
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