Identigadda

Name:	Carlo Emilio Gadda
Marital Status:	terminal batchelor
Nicknames:	Gaddus, Duca di Sant’Aquila, Gran Lombardo
Profession:	Ingegnere
Main hits:	Cognizione del dolore (killed off his mum) Quer Pasticciaccio (killed off his plot)
Main charges:	politically incorrectissimo; difficult to track down
Lessening circumstances:	writes some mean sentences; no slouch with emotions either; could describe any watch-paint-dry-job as if it was a cliff-hanger; wields a pen like no other guy
Prominent features:	tall, morose, inward-looking, deferential, tapiro-like
Behavioural patterns:	conceals under a veneer of shyness a huge potential for colossal rages and invectives. Also prone to a great many phobias
Accomplices:	the rogue Irishman (Jimmy Joyce); the shady French doctor (Ferdie Céline); his daring actions spawn lots of copy-cat imitators (loosely known as ‘nipotini’)
Favourite weapons:	unusual, archaic words, long-winded sentences, semicolons
Warning!	on no account should members of the public approach him without a dictionary

Published by The Edinburgh Journal of Gadda Studies (EJGS)

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