Author: Penelope Green
Year: 2007
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Non Fiction
Culture: Italy
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When a job comes up in Naples - crime capital of Italy, home of pizza and the Camorra, and crouched precariously at the foot of a volcano - Penny launches herself into the unknown.
With her innate curosity and eye for detail, Penny prises Naples open to show us the real city, in all its splendour...and all its depravity. She uncovers a chaotic metropolis where crime and poverty blur with abundant natural beauty and where the shadow of Mount Vesuvius is a daily reminder that life must be lived for the moment.
She leads us through the alleyways of the labyrinthine old town, along the sweeping Gulf of Naples and into suburbia. join her to feast on sweet sfogliatelle, get to know the generous locals, fiercely loyal to their city, and cruise along the coast on the back of a vespa.
And when Penny meets a Bass player in a local band, she thinks she might have found that other reason to stick around.....
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