Sicilian Tragedee

A Novel

Ottavio Cappellani; Translated from the Italian by Frederika Randall

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Part Tarantino-style operetta, part soap opera, Ottavio Cappellani's hilarious novel takes place in a twenty-first-century Sicily rife with moody aristocrats, vain politicians, inept gangsters, shabby theater actors, and high-tech assassins. Balding, fortyish Alfio Turrisi is a mid-level Mafioso with deep pockets. He's in love with Betty, the spoiled daughter of a rival mobster. Alfio and Betty would seem to be the Romeo and Juliet of this poison-pen valentine to Cappellani's native Sicily.  That is, until we meet another pair of star-crossed lovers: the gay theater director Tino Cagnotto and his bored and sexy young amore, Bobo.  Because the way Tino sees it, the real heat in that tragedy is between Romeo and Mercutio, not Romeo and Juliet . . .

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Praise for Sicilian Tragedee

"A riotous and affectionate riff on Romeo and Juliet."--The Seattle Times

"An exuberant crime novel with a plot as twisty, one might say, as a plate of linguini . . . sunny, gleefully farcical . . . a black comic explosion of plots and counterplots, murders and reprisals."--NPR’s Fresh Air

"Cappellani exhibits the same gleeful affection for profane gangsters evident in his debut. . . . A fierce, fast, and funny take on the Bard."--Kirkus Reviews

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Ottavio Cappellani; Translated from the Italian by Frederika Randall

OTTAVIO CAPPELLANI is a journalist with a daily column in La Sicilia. He lives in Catania, Sicily.

Ottavio Cappellani
Frederika Randall

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Sicilian Tragedee
A Novel
Ottavio Cappellani; Translated from the Italian by Frederika Randall

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Picador
November 2009
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ISBN: 9780312429065
ISBN10: 0312429061
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 352 pages
$15.00

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November 2009
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