Blood Washes Blood by F Viviano
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 himsel
Frank Viviano, the San Francisco Chronicle's at-large foreign correspondent, has covered events ranging from the fall of Marcos in the Philippines and the Tiananmen Square crackdown to the Soviet Union's collapse and the Bosnian civil war. He is the author of six previous books and is a two-time recipient of the World Affairs Council's Thomas Storke Award for Excellence in Foreign Reporting.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780671041595 |
| ISBN 10 | 0671041592 |
| Title | Blood Washes Blood |
| Author | F Viviano |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2002-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 292 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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