 Meanwhile, Tosches, as something of a Dante expert, is called in by black market traders to attest to the authenticity of a manuscript of "The Divine Comedy" supposedly written by Dante himself.Included in the modern sections of the book are musings by Tosches on the state of modern publishing, the futility of excessively flowery poetry and prose, references to his own previous books (including a lengthy passage directly out of the introduction to "The Nick Tosches Reader"), the September 11th attacks, and the Rolling Stones.Louie Brunellesches, a small-time New York gangster who also appears in Tosches' novel "Cut Numbers", returns in a smaller role, making this something of a sequel.