Blood Washes Blood. A True Story Of Love, Murder And Redemption Under The Sicilian Sun

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Century
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2001
Edition: First Edition

Description: 274 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Part Detective Story, Part Touching Personal Memoir Where Past And Present Meet In A Spellbinding Mix.

Publishers Description: Against the sweeping backdrop of western Sicily, in a riveting seven-year quest, Frank Viviano pieces together his own harrowing ancestral history of betrayal and redemption. His take is haunted, from its violent opening to its stunning climax, by an ancient Sicilian proverb, Lu sangu lava lu sangu, "Blood washes blood": the torrent of unforgiving vengeance that flows from an unforgivable offense. Viviano's great-great grandfather was a legendary bandit who traveled the countryside of Sicily by night in the robes of a friar and was known as "the Monk." His brutal murder has remained shrouded in mystery for four generations. Until now. Populated by an extraordinary cast of nineteenth-century Robin Hood brigands and twentieth-century underworld bosses, here is a true-life Godfather, in which past and present finally merge into a single story with a shattering climax that ultimately changes the way the author views his immigrant family's complex legacy -- and himself.

ISBN: 9780712684989