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Midnight in Sicily (Panther) (Paperback)

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Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: The Harvill Press; New edition edition (6 May 1999)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1860465978
ISBN-13: 978-1860465970
Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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A journey into the heart of Sicily, using art, food, history and literature to shed light on southern Italy's legacy of political corruption and violent crime. The book takes as its starting point the ongoing trial of seven-times Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti.

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5.0 out of 5 stars All the passion and sadness of life on a bittersweet island, 23 Jul 2001

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I read Peter Robb's capolavoro while on holiday in Sicily. My first two nights were in Palermo, where I noticed that once the shops close no one dares the time-honoured tradition of the evening passeggiata. And a day later, I read why, in Peter Robb's prose. You hear a footstep round a corner, a door shuts somewhere, but nowhere do you see the people. They vanish as night falls. What you sense in Sicily but can't explain, Peter Robb puts into words. It is better than any guidebook and the nearest you'll come to getting under the skin of the place. The book is a strange juxtaposition of topics. He can take you from a three-page history of caponata, quoting the Italian Mrs Beeton, Alda Busi, and Elizabeth David, to a harrowing account of Mafiosi murders, and all within the turn of a page. Yet none of this seems strange. I went from seeing women begging on the street with week-old babies in their arms to the jet-set Milanese within four hours - from Palermo to the Aeolian Islands in summer holiday mood. The book is both passion and sadness. The elements of life worth experiencing - in prose, even if you never have the chance to set foot in Sicily to experience them in the flesh.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A chilling and true picture of post-war Sicily, 9 Sep 2000

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I have been living in Sicily for many years and I can vouch for the accuracy of this account. It is all so true, I wish I could have written it myself. But I would never have had the courage. Thank you, Peter Robb, for having put together the pieces of the mosaic for us; the result is a chilling picture indeed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping combination of politics, Mafia and food, 11 Jul 2001

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Every other reviewer gives this 5 stars, and I have to agree. I read this before my honeymoon in Taormina, Sicily, and found it unputdownable. Anyone interested in cuisine, the Mafia, corruption, EU / Italian politics, history and culture will find enough in this book to grip them. If, like me, you are fascinated by a lot of these variables then the book is fantastic. If the reviews lead you to think the book is too dark in tone, there are just enough positives to convince even a sceptic like Robb that perhaps Sicily (and indeed Italy) has confronted the cancer that is the Mafia. Cured itself, no, not yet.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mafia History
The author of this book masterfully paints a realistic and hard hitting profile of The Mafia and all of its control of both Italian and World wide organised crime. Read more

Published 5 months ago by J THOMPSON

5.0 out of 5 stars superb writing
This is a great book. The general focus of the narrative is the evolution of the links between the Sicilian mafia and high politicians in Italy post WW2, and their culmination in... Read more

Published 5 months ago by rjw

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, with reservations
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Published 17 months ago by R. S. Levy

4.0 out of 5 stars Too much mafia, not enough art, food and literature.
I read Peter Robb's 'Death in Brazil', which follows on from this book. I guess Peter didn't feel very safe in Italy after completing his book, and in time honoured fashion fled... Read more

Published on 5 Jun 2007 by D. Bowtell

4.0 out of 5 stars A great read
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Published on 10 Jul 2006 by a reader

2.0 out of 5 stars It's about the Mafia
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Published on 30 April 2005 by Max Marengo

5.0 out of 5 stars Midnight and Midday in Sicily
Peter Robb's genius is in marrying all the different facets of Sicilian life - for example, and in no particular order, food, Mafia, religion, history, poverty, violence, beauty... Read more

Published on 26 May 2004 by Daniel Villiers

5.0 out of 5 stars A book that solved my Sicilian puzzle
... in 300 pages I found all the answers to the questions I had on this enigmatic and intriguing part of Italy. If you have plans to travel to Sicily, this book is a must. Read more

Published on 14 Sep 2001 by Gerard Wieggerink (gerard.wieg...

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, gripping and very readable
This is an excellently written book on a still very frequently discussed subject in Italy, so not only is it interesting from an historical aspect, it is also very relevant to... Read more

Published on 25 Feb 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic exploration of the non "dolce-vita" side of Italy
Having lived in Italy for nearly 3 years, I am constantly trying to convince people that Italy isn't all Tuscany and Roman ruins. Read more

Published on 15 Feb 2000

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