Inventive and engaging are apt descriptions of this new collection of fiction. From Rome, during the time of the Ceasars, to the mean streets of Providence at the turn of the century, to agriculture and marketing in modern day Maine, these describe some of the locales and range of this talented writer. Tom Diliglio delights in the mundane and obscure detail. He is able to absorb the reader in every detail. These stories remind the reader of how much can be learned from good writing. Entertainment is important and given here in full measure. This work is rich with little lessons of life. The work is grounded in common sense or, put another way, 'street wise'. "From Scratch" is a dazzling beginning for a new writer.
