The Inane Attempt at Seriousness

“Renato Caccioppoli belongs to legend.” This is how a very young reporter begins by introducing him in an interview with her given by Renato at the beginning of 1958. It is included in a book, Napoli e i napoletani, a collection of statements made by the protagonists of the city. There’s a bit of everything. Lawyers, entrepreneurs, politicians, aristocrats, good-for-nothings, comrades, Christian Democrats and monarchists. It is a truer portrait of the city than any treatise ever dedicated to it.