Marante, Munari, Compagni, Bernardi and Brgidi

MARANTE, MUNARI, COMPAGNIN, BERNARDI, and BRIGIDI: Colleagues and friends of Menconi, whom the author doesn’t speak about in the book, but who are there and would also be able to write some interesting tales. Especially Marante, who was involved in de-mining the Suez Canal; he managed to make himself understood by the Egyptians by speaking in Genoese dialect! When Menconi was writing this book they called him "Giacomo Leopardi, Curzio Malaparte, Honoré de Balzac, Victor Hugo"... partly to show that they all are well educated and partly because they were envious; but actually, while Menconi was having a good time in the Triangle with the Prof, they were de-mining and working hard on behalf of BOCAMI around the world. They thought that, by calling Menconi with those famous names, he, being a Tuscan, would get angry.