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Sicilian Sizzlers
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Excellent Cadavers: Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic Alexander Stille Taking its title from a phrase coined by Leonardo Sciascia (the maestro of Sicilian writing who appears elsewhere on our list of sizzlers) Stille's book chronicles the mafia's expansion from inter-mafia murders into the murder of those outside the mafia who were trying to bring them dow… |
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In Sicily Norman Lewis This magnificent travel writer and novelist returns to the subject of one of his most famous books ("The Honoured Society: The Sicilian Mafia Observed" - also available from Mr B's of course, just ask us for details!). Lewis eloquently muses on the Sicilian peo… |
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Mussolini's Island: The Invasion of Sicily Through the Eyes of the People who Witnessed the Campaign John Follain A history of the battles for Sicily in World War 2 told principally through the amazing accounts of members of the armed forces (particularly a spitfire pilot with incredible endurance and at least nine lives) and local civilians. Different island and different country to that frequen… |
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The Godfather Mario Puzo Okay so there's more action in New York than Sicily but I had to include the too often forgotten source of three (well certainly two) of the greatest films of all time. Three reasons to try the book whether or not you liked the films - (1) Puzo's storytelling is superb, (2) the hor… |
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The Last Leopard David Gilmour If you haven’t discovered Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s “The Leopard” yet, then it’s really time you did. Published the year after the then unknown author’s death in 1957 it has since become recognised as one of the masterpieces of twentieth century Italian liter… |
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The Leopard Giuseppe Tomassi Lampedusa THE classic Sicilian novel. Set in 1860s Sicily as the ruling Prince of Salina faces up to the invasion of the island by Garibaldi. This was Lampedusa's only novel, has been translated into dozens of languages, and was described by L P Hartley as "perhaps the greatest novel of the cent… |
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The Wine Dark Sea Leonardo Sciascia Sciascia was a Sicilian native most renowned for his street-wise, at times political, short stories of crime, village life, and more crime on his home island. This collection is perhaps regarded as his finest as he taps into the psyche of the mafiosa and the Sicilian civilia… |
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The Winter's Tale Shakespeare Shakespeare's late tragic-comedy dealing with jealousy and redemption set partly in Sicily and partly in Bohemia with the usual excellent introduction and notes by Arden. Paperback - Arden - 2000… |
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