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416 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1949

"... 'Judging from Kaput,' answered Pierre Lyautey, 'one would say that Malaparte eats nothing but nightingales' hearts, served on plates of old Meissen and Nymphenburg pocelain at the tables of Royal Highnesses, Duchesses and Ambassadors.'
'Malaparte undoubtedly has a very vivid imagination,' laughed General Guillaume, 'and in his next book you will find our humble camp meal transformed into a regal banquet, while I shall become a kind of Sultan of Morocco.'... "