Chapter 10 Vittorio thought it could be useful to have a conversation with Attilio Corona so he could study the case of the Ear Monster more thoroughly, so he had taken steps to get the architect's address. Obviously he had looked for him first of all in the telephone directory, but Corona must not have had a landline phone and so his name was not listed. On the other hand, Vittorio had not been able to get any information at Police Headquarters, as the privacy law in force since 1997 did not allow the investigators, and in this particular case Sordi to whom Vittorio had turned, to provide the personal details of witnesses. The Commissioner would certainly have made an exception for Vittorio who was, after all, his de facto collaborator, but Deputy Police Commissioner Pumpo had recently

