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Trinacrime - Story Of A Mafia Repentant - cover

Trinacrime - Story Of A Mafia Repentant

Alessandro Vizzino

Publisher: Babelcube

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TRINACRIME - Story of a Mafia Repentant, by Alessandro Vizzino
This is the story, in novel form, of one of the most relevant exponents of Catania's "Cosa Nostra" in the 1980s and 1990s. 



TRINACRIME - Story of a Mafia Repentant
Catania, San Cristoforo neighborhood, early 1970s. Tonio is the son of a shoemaker, which is why they call him "lu Scarparu." Even as a child, he is a rebel with little interest in school and is more drawn to petty theft. His bravado and desire for freedom lead him to leave Catania to escape to Milan. There he is initiated into robbery and experiences his first prison term.
Back in Catania, he acts with his gang, pulling off several hits that put him in
good standing with the local bosses. Thus begins his activity for the famigghia "Purtaventi- Santimarra," which includes extortion, intimidation, and robberies that earn him money, lots of money. Tonio finds love, and builds his family, while in Catania and Sicily flows the blood of wars between rival clans. In the 1990s his criminal rise comes to a halt: First by absconding, then by arrest and imprisonment. And finally, the decision to repent.
Today Tonio has paid his debt to justice and rebuilt his life.
This novel is based on a true story.
Available since: 11/01/2024.
Print length: 129 pages.

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