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Although Pier Paolo Pasolini is internationally renowned as a filmmaker, his poetry and novels are canonical works of modern Italian writing. Petrolio, a novel unfinished at the time of his murder in 1977, is Pasolini's last major work. All of Pasolini's major themes are here--the homoeroticism of working-class males, the reemergence of ancient myth in the modern city, and the exploitation of the underclass by capitalism. Pasolini blends these disparate themes together in a dense, but satisfying tale of social corruption, political intrigue, and personal sexual salvation. Deeply intellectual and at times mystifying--often because it was partially reconstructed from notes--Pasolini's final work is a tribute to both his power and endurance as an artist.

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Left unfinished at his untimely death in 1975 and published only now, this meta-literary excursion into the life of left-wing Italian Catholic Carlo (who in fact has a split personality) was to have been the multitalented Pasolini's crowning achievement.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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