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Death and the dolce vita

by Stephen Gundle, Stephen Gundle

By the 1950s, Italy was in the process of reinventing itself and becoming one of the most glamorous places on earth. But the murder of Wilma Montesi exposed a darker side of Roman life--a life of corruption, cover-ups and carnal pleasures. It was a crime that the newspapers, the public and one particularly determined detective wanted to get to the heart of.