Francesco Filippi, author of the 2019 Italian bestseller  Mussolini Also Did a Lot of Good, The Spread of Historical Amnesia will be speaking in Montreal at a book launch/meet the author event on Saturday January 21 from 2 to 4 pm at the Paragraphe Bookstore, 2220, av. McGill College.

The event is organized with the support of the Istituto italiano di cultura of Montréal.

Here are some of the international reviews:

“an antidote to all the nonsense still circulating about fascism…. Filippi is almost surgical in the way he reestablishes the context.” La Repubblica Book of the Month

« Dans un tel climat, le scalpel de Francesco Filippi n’en est que plus nécessaire. » Le Monde

“Francesco Filippi’s book is very timely and relevant … a lesson on a past that simply doesn’t go away.” Corriere Della Sera

« agile e necessario, » La Stampa

“… extraordinarily pertinent.” Agata De Santis, Italocanadese

“We are indebted to Mr. Filippi for his skilled passion in establishing a proper analysis…” Truby Chiaviello, Primo Magazine, Washington DC

The launch and discussion will be conducted in Italian, French and English

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