Naples, 1959. Pure Mathematics professor Renato Caccioppoli, Bakunin's grandson, is a tortured soul. Recently discharged from the psychiatric hospital, left by his wife, and increasingly disillusioned with academia and the Communist Party, he lives his last days with painful detachment.
mathematician
naples, italy
biography
alcoholism
math teacher
alcoholic teacher
death of teacher
communism
1950s
college professor
disenchantment
contemplating suicide
last day
suicide by gun