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Synopsis
Penny Green returned to Italy after a holiday in Australia ready for a challenge. She was looking for a new job and romance, and found work and perhaps love in the toughest Italian city of them all Napoli.Penny takes on her new home with almost the same open acceptance she had when she first arrived in Rome four years ago. Now, though, she is older, wiser and more experienced when it comes to breaking into a new city.She writes with a feeling of growing love for the Neapolitans, for the beauty of the city s waterfront, and the delights of the old town. But she is realistic she also steps into the city s underworld and sees for herself how the Camorra operate and how they will murder for no reason.Penny delves into the myths about Naples to discover what aspects of those myths are true today. To help in her investigations she talks to people from all walks of Neapolitan life from the mayor, to her colleagues and landlady, to the family of Annalisa Durante who was killed by the Mafia, to the local friends she makes at cafes and parties.The result is a colourful, first-hand account of life in a city that is filed with fear, crime, rubbish, beauty, great food, generous inhabitants and a thrilling sense of living every moment to the fullest.
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About the Author
Penelope Green was born in Sydney and worked as a print journalist around Australia for a decade before moving to Rome in 2002. Her first book, When In Rome: Chasing La Dolce Vita, recounts her early experiences in the Eternal City. In 2005 she moved to Naples to work for ANSAmed, a Mediterranean news service created by the Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA), Italy's biggest news agency. She found an apartment in the city s colourful Spanish Quarter and is now working hard at mastering the Neapolitan dialect. Green continues to contribute to various publications, including Australian Gourmet Traveller and marie claire. Previous Books: When In Rome (Bfmt 07/06).
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- PublisherHachette Australia
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0733621767
- ISBN 13 9780733621765
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages281
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 281 pages. Cover wornWhen a job comes up in Naples - crime capital of Italy, home of pizza and the Camorra, and crouched precariously at the foot of a volcano - Penny launches he rself into the unknown.With her innate curosity and eye for detail, Penny prises. Seller Inventory # 1575z
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See Naples and Die: The Crimes and Passions of Italy's Darkest Jewel.
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Reprint ed. Paperback octavo, good condition, black & white photos inside covers & beginning of chapters, some creasing covers, pages lightly toned, light foxing edges, top corner tips creased some pages, minor edgewear. 281 pp. The second travel book by Penelope Green about living in Italy. After three years living and working in Italy, the Australian journalist needs a reason to stay. When a job comes up in Naples, Penny takes herself into the unknown. She takes us along with her desire to know about this fascinating but dark city that lives with mafia organised crime. Seller Inventory # 41332
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