Midnight in Sicily (Vintage Departures)

Paperback - 22 February, 1999 - Vintage
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By: Peter Robb
ISBN: 0375704582

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Italy, an update

Italy is our favourite land en stays this.
After reading this book, I see Italy with other eyes.
Go to Italy, but read this book first.

The Poetry of Finitude

One of the greatest books about Sicily ever written. It evokes like no other the visceral reality of the acceptance of Death as the only truly "serious thing". Another masterpiece from my second favourite contemporary writer (second, that is, only to Nick Tosches, himself a master of all things Sicilian).

The Killin' Sicilians

If you didn't think you could ever call a history of the Cosa Nostra's brutal terrorism a fun read, try this book. The bombs, assassinations, extortion: it's all there. But also included are mouth-watering descriptions of the house seafood specialities of the restaurants where the kisses of death were exchanged. The author jumps around a lot, pulling together the facts and fictions of Sicilian political history and mixing it up with descriptions of the art and cuisine on the island. Once in a while he gets carried away and I had trouble following along. He also throws a lot of Italian names at you. I am generally unfamiliar with Italian and the names started to blur together after awhile. It doesn't really matter much in the end though, who blew up a particular bridge or politician, the m.o. of the cosa nostra comes through loud and clear.

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