Another layer to the book is that there were plenty of real conspiracies in Italian politics during the period in which it is set. It was published at around th

Another layer to the book is that there were plenty of real conspiracies in Italian politics during the period in which it is set. It was published at around the time that information on Gladio [1] became public. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio