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Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles
Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles | Fabio Bartolomei
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Diego is a forty-something car salesman with a talent for telling half-truths. Fausto sells watches over the phone. Claudio manages (barely) his family-owned neighborhood supermarket. The characteristic common to each of these three men is their abject mediocrity. Yet, mediocrity being the mother of outrageous invention, they embark on a project that would be too ambitious in scope for any single one of them, let alone all three together. They decide to flee the city and to open a rustic holiday farmhouse in the Italian countryside outside Naples. Things would have been challenging enough for these three unlikely entrepreneurs, but when a local mobster arrives and demands they pay him protection money things go from bad to worse. Now their ordinary (if wrongheaded) attempt to run a small business in an area that organized crime syndicates consider their own becomes a quixotic act of defiance.
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#TopReads2025 for August goes to “Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles” by Fabio Bartolomei. This was just such a fun, quirky read that I loved so much! I don‘t usually like translated books but this made me a believer that they can be good!

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I haven‘t LOL‘d while reading a book in a while. I‘m sure my neighbors loved the peace & quiet in their backyard and then my random “Pffft! BWAHAHAHA!!” 🤷🏼‍♀️ #OhWell The minute these characters were described, I immediately thought of who I would cast in the movie 😆 Enjoy! And go read this book for a good time and some good laughs!!
Claudio: Stephen Merchant
Fausto: Dave Bautista
Diego: Ron Livingston
Abu: Don Cheadle
Sergio: Kristofer Hivju

lil1inblue I'm sold. Stacked. 😅 2mo
Aims42 @lil1inblue I hope you enjoy it!! 2mo
mcctrish I love this casting, regardless of the story, I am all in 2mo
Aims42 @mcctrish it was just one of those things that once I thought of them as these actors I was that much more invested 😆 2mo
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My work week is done and in the books 🏃🏼‍♀️ Now to grab my book, wine, and snackies and “un-wine” 🤪 Tag yourself if you‘d like, and let‘s raise a toast to #FridayHappyReadingHour

Aims42 I‘m having issues with the tagging feature🙃 Toasting you ladies, Happy Friday @kspenmoll @Tamra @mcctrish 2mo
mcctrish Have one for me, I‘m driving and who knows when I will finally get to sit down with a drink and snacks 😭 2mo
Aims42 @mcctrish Drive safe!! And have fun this weekend!! ☺️😎🤗 2mo
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Ruthiella Pub cheese! 🧀 😋 2mo
Aims42 @Ruthiella My biggest weakness 😅 I never have to worry about it going bad, it‘s long gone before that can happen 🤪 2mo
kspenmoll Looks so festive! Enjoy! 2mo
Aims42 @kspenmoll Thank you! Happy Friday!! ☺️💛🧡🩷 2mo
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