I hadn't understood. [electronic resource]
De Silva, Diego2012
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Vincenzo Malinconico is a wildly unsuccessful lawyer who spends most of his time
at the office trying to look busy. His wife has left him. His teenage children
worry him to death. And he suffers form a chronic inability to control his
sentence structure. When he is asked to fill in as the public defender for
alleged Mafioso Mimmo lo Burzone, Malinconico seizes the opportunity to turn his
life around. Without dwelling too long on what it might mean to be employed by
the mob, he rushes to re-learn the Italian criminal code, while attempting to
resist any further advances from his employers. Malinconico's life becomes a
comical battle to finish what he has started without falling further into the
clutches of the Mafia. I Hadn't Understood is one of the subtlest and most
cunning accounts of the Mafia's influence on everyday life in recent decades.
And it is certainly the most entertaining. Written with a neurotic's love of
detail and wry humor, I Hadn't Understood is an engagin...
Main title:
I hadn't understood. [electronic resource] / Diego. De Silva
Author:
De Silva, Diego, Author
Imprint:
New York : : Europa Editions., 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781609458980
Language:
English
BRN:
435375
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |