He thought he was immune to the tantra of Tuber magnatum Pico. But he carries a secret—he is inextricably tied to this truffle. It grabbed him by the nostrils and never let go. He can’t stop smelling it at an impossible distance, worrying about where in that castle it sits right now. Pulling that monstrous white whale from the soil resuscitated him like some holistic miracle drug. An oasis in a sea of sadness. Its powerful pheromones awoke something in him. It has brought him back his Paolo with a clarity he’d lost to the numbing agent of grief. Because of that truffle, he has begun to feel
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