***** analysis of why we laugh; brilliant

the title is apt; i learned "zero" from this book

"i am not a scientist": no kidding!

*** detailed account of pilgrimage on the compostelle trail in spain

Mes Chemins de Compostelle sans Paul Coelho Fiorenzo Martorana

** meditation on civilization

**** wine in italy in 1968 and 1975; 715 pages in italian; modesto lanzone mentioned; favors local, untreated wines

*** some great passages about life in sicily in the 1950s