Indro Montanelli - Beniamino Placido

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Indro Montanelli and Beniamino Placido were Italian journalists and authors who collaborated on the book 'Eppur Si Muove. Cambiano Gli Italiani?', a printed transcription of a 1994 talk show discussing Italian national character.

The work is presented as a transcription of the namesake 1994 talk show. The review notes a break between Indro Montanelli and Silvio Berlusconi related to the management of Il Giornale.

A printed transcription of the 1994 talk show 'Eppur Si Muove' by Montanelli and Placido. The book explores Italian national character: clientelism, the cult of the mother, opportunism and a contrast between Catholic Italy and Protestant northern Europe. The review approaches the work as an accessible, polemical cultural essay.