'These haunting stories about this haunting place... Somehow Guareschi made people laugh at their own predicament at a time when humour was sorely needed.' BBC Radio Four

As everyone knows, taking a serpent by the tail is not a good idea. But in the Little World of Don Camillo, where the Devil crops up in many a guise to break the quiet rhythm of everyday life, hilarious and unearthly things can happen to draw the poison from his bite...

No. 7 in the Don Camillo Series, this bumper volume of classic Tales from the Lower Plain includes many stories by Guareschi never before translated into English.

Beloved of 23 million readers worldwide, the appeal is universal to readers aged from 10 to 100.

'Giovanni Guareschi's tales of Don Camillo, the Italian priest with a hefty left hook, are absolutely delightful in their satirical swipes at human weakness.' Paul Merton

'Instinctive humanity and compassion.' London Guardian