cicerone

For newcomers to Holy Mountain, its lineup is a good primer on what many cicerones consider to be one of the best breweries in the Northwest, if not the entire West Coast.

Ms. Mion said she finds it reassuring to know that, when the time comes for Edoardo to join in the family business, he can rely on his father as a cicerone.

He brushed down his sharp checked blazer and entered, greeting Naomi Hample, an Argosy owner and autograph cicerone.

I suggest that Banville is enjoying a Joycean, multilingual pun: “cicerone” is the Italian word for “guide,” whether a book or a person.

Hodge serves as cicerone through 1920s Chicago, as the killing has him making inquiries to both the Irish and Italian mobs — there's an Al Capone cameo — cops and numerous hookers with black hearts of gold.