Giorgio (1)

A rather bland account of one man's descent into the revolutionary terrorist world of the Red Brigades in Italy of the 1970's. Giorgio tells how he moved from stealing jeans to tailing targets and participating in attacks on the police, although never ties down what he actually did only mentioning that he took part in an action. The majority of the book had less to do with Giorgio's work as a terrorist and more to do with his tenuous relationships with his mother and girlfriend. I just don't show more really know what Giorgio was going for in writing this; as parts of it seem like a shout out for human contact as he isolates himself from others while other times he rails against eating establishments around where he lived. Overall I felt that I didn't really get any insight into the mind of a terrorist and would say skip it unless you are really interested in the political happenings in Italy during the 70's. show less