“Godd Riddance Berlusconi – And Viva Italia!”

Originally published on: Social Europe Journal

“Let me recall the verdicts of the great Portuguese man of letters José Saramago, who – frustrated by the stultifying dilatoriness of Italian legal justice – would not meekly wait for the court of Italian conscience to be called into session. Saramago, alas, won’t be able to react in person on the sorely delayed verdict finally passed by Italian people, so let me serve as his messenger – or a self-appointed spokesman. I’ll select all my quotations from O Caderno, a sort of a diary written by Saramago in 2008-9 and published in 2010 in Lisbon by Editorial Caminho” Read more here