Perhaps one should start early? On the photo it looks as if the author is hardly over 30, but he introduces the book as his memoir. Or perhaps the picture is out of date. In any case Matthew Gavin Frank has recently come out with a book where he tells the story of his life as illegal immigrant in Barolo. However, Frank is a wine and food writer so the book is more about that part of Piemontese life, we assume. More info www.nebraskapress.unl.edu