Balding, forty something Mister Alfio Turrisi, an up and coming mafioso in Catania, has the deep pockets that London s financial world loves He, in turn, loves Betty, the spoiled young daughter of Turi Pirrotta, a rival Catanian mobster Alfio and Betty would seem to be the Romeo and Juliet of this poison pen valentine to Ottavio Cappellani s native Sicily That is, untilBalding, forty something Mister Alfio Turrisi, an up and coming mafioso in Catania, has the deep pockets that London s financial world loves He, in turn, loves Betty, the spoiled young daughter of Turi Pirrotta, a rival Catanian mobster Alfio and Betty would seem to be the Romeo and Juliet of this poison pen valentine to Ottavio Cappellani s native Sicily That is, until we meet another pair of star crossed lovers gay theater director Tino Cagnotto and his bored and sexy young a, Bobo Because the way Tino sees it, the real heat in Shakespeare s tragedy is between Romeo and Mercutio, not Romeo and Juliet Set in a twenty first century Sicily rife with moody aristocrats, vain politicians, inept gangsters, shabby theater actors, and high tech killers, Cappellani s hilarious second novel part Tarantino style operetta, part soap opera is also a surprising tribute to the Bard.

• Title: Sicilian Tragedee
• Author: Ottavio Cappellani
• ISBN: 9780374531041
• Page: 100
• Format: Hardcover