Interesting tip-off, Ed. I looked up the name and got a Professor of Genetics at Milan University. His CV there lists no aviation books but this page does:
https://www.ibs.it/libri/autori/paolo-pesaresi
Both books are self-published and if he's managed to produce over 800 pages (across two volumes) on the IIš Gruppo Caccia of the ANR then I'm mightily impressed.