The passions, delusions, and suicide of professor Adolfo Parmaliana
Alfio Caruso
VandA Edizioni
Year: 2021
Pages: 250
The incredible story of one man’s courage against corruption.
On October 2nd, 2008, Adolfo Parmaliana took his own life. A Sicilian industrial chemical professor at the University of Messina, he was respected internationally as a pioneer in renewable energy research. Having joined the Italian Communist Party at a young age, he denounced corruption in the local government of his hometown, Terme Vigliatore. This small village lies within an enclave where the interests of mobsters, high finance, and corrupt government institutions took precedence over justice and is where Adolfo Parmaliana had the courage to stand up for what was right.
