PERMANENT ITALIANS: An Illustrated, Biographical Guide to...

PERMANENT ITALIANS: An Illustrated, Biographical Guide to the Cemeteries of Italy by Judi Culbertson and Tom Randall (Walker: $16.95; 240 pp., illustrated, paperback original). The latest installment in this popular travel series presents mini-tours of the graveyards of major Italian cities. An extraordinary array of artists, writers, musicians, philosophers and religious leaders are buried in Italy, and the authors offer entertaining details about the tombs of notables and notable tombs. Engaging, if slightly macabre, vacation reading.