About the book: 1959 / The author of the book "Notes of a Barber" Giovanni Germanetto is one of the oldest figures in the Italian labor movement, a member of the Italian Communist Party since its founding. Offered to your attention readers in the new edition reviewed by the author, the book “Notes of a Barber” is an autobiographical story; the reader will find in it a vivid realistic picture of Italian society of that time and, in particular, the situation of the working masses of Italy and their struggle for their social and political emancipation. The events described in the book cover the period from the beginning of the 20th century to 1927. Germanetto, with subtle humor, in an imaginative and fascinating form, not inferior to the best examples of fiction, shows the struggle of the Italian working class against secular and ecclesiastical reaction, the history of the formation of the Italian Communist Party and its heroic struggle against the fascist dictatorship.