'No matter how dark the tapestry God weaves for us, there's always a thread of grace', is an old Hebrew saying quoted in this nailbiting story of Italy in the final months of WWII. Frankly I cared SO much about the cast of Jews, Catholics, peasants and even fascisti and the moral dilemmas as well as the violent dangers that they faced that I often lost sight of the alleged thread! In fact sometimes only the constant black humour nerved me to go on. A great read but definitely not a comfortable one.
