Wearing a grey jacket from Alexander McQueen, pale grey cashmere sweater and button-down shirt, his baby birdlike features exaggerated by black-rimmed spectacles, Federico Marchetti meets me in a small parking lot on the shores of Lake Como, Italy. It’s a steely grey day and the clouds hang mistily over the surrounding hills. As he greets me, the scene has a whisper of John le Carré about it — like two operatives meeting to share secrets.
在意大利科莫湖(Lake Como)邊的一個小停車場內,我見到了費代里科?馬爾凱蒂(Federico Marchetti),當時他身著Alexander McQueen牌的灰色夾克、搭配淺灰色羊絨衫和紐扣領襯衫,佩戴的黑框眼鏡進一步凸顯出他精明的五官。天色陰沉,云霧繚繞著附近的山上。當他問候我時,整個場景有點約翰?勒卡雷(John le Carré)的味道——我們倆就像是兩名特工在接頭交換情報。