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Biagio Mazzeo is the Chief Inspector of the Narcotics Division in a wealthy Northern Italian city known to cops and criminals alike as "The Jungle," where gangs of vicious Mafiosi from Southern Italy and from around the world control politics, the building sector, and the flourishing drugs and prostitution industries. Chief Inspector Biagio Mazzeo is also as crooked as they come. He leads a group of corrupt cops known as The Panthers, who, through an intricate system of shakedowns and intimidation, surreptitiously control the drug trade in The Jungle. But now Mazzeo has been caught. He and his "family" of Panthers have gone too far and it's landed him in jail. But an ambitious special agent ...
The Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies is a two-volume reference book containing some 600 entries on all aspects of Italian literary culture. It includes analytical essays on authors and works, from the most important figures of Italian literature to little known authors and works that are influential to the field. The Encyclopedia is distinguished by substantial articles on critics, themes, genres, schools, historical surveys, and other topics related to the overall subject of Italian literary studies. The Encyclopedia also includes writers and subjects of contemporary interest, such as those relating to journalism, film, media, children's literature, food and vernacular literatures. Entries consist of an essay on the topic and a bibliographic portion listing works for further reading, and, in the case of entries on individuals, a brief biographical paragraph and list of works by the person. It will be useful to people without specialized knowledge of Italian literature as well as to scholars.
«L’inferno dura trentuno secondi. Solo trentuno secondi. E ora su Messina piove a dirotto. Una pioggia sporca, che inzuppa i pigiami e le carni. La terra di tanto in tanto è scossa dagli ultimi brividi, come una bestia trafitta nell’oscurità della sua tana. A un tratto, il fungo nero e denso che grava sulla città comincia a diradarsi, lasciando spazio a un giorno timido e lattiginoso, e gli occhi di coloro che sono ancora vivi possono finalmente vedere quel che resta. Quel colossale niente...». All’alba del 28 dicembre 1908 una violentissima scossa di terremoto rade al suolo la città di Messina, cancellando dalle carte geografiche una delle più belle e prospere città del Regno ...