在西西里岛港口城市卡塔尼亚,埃特纳大街将市区分成两块。米姆舅舅的杂货铺就在离大街不远的地方。一天,宪兵队长走进了他的铺子。队长径直走到男士用品货架前,他戴上眼镜,看着须后水外包装上的文字,不时还迷惑地瞧一眼米姆舅舅。米姆舅舅连张开嘴巴的时间都没有,一切就都在一瞬间发生了:叫嚷着闯进铺子的劫匪,队长原地转身掏出配枪,须后水掉在地上发出干涩的响声,劫匪的枪声,队长四溅的脑浆,三个影子逃出铺子……逃跑的三个劫匪中,有两个是当地黑帮头目萨尔舅舅最信赖的手下,另一个则是尼克.帕伦伯,萨尔舅舅的外甥、当地小有名气的理发师托尼最要好的朋友。本应是一起平平常常、附带一起枪杀事件的抢劫案,由此也变得不同寻常,错综复杂了。萨尔舅舅还想让尼克.帕伦伯和一个刚刚从美国纽约过来的小伙子扯上关系。他就是娄.肖荻诺,在西西里和美国都德高望重的黑社会元老——老娄.肖荻诺的孙子。在卡塔尼亚的夜幕之中,风度翩翩的黑社会头目、讲究哲学分析的犯罪分子、小丑一样的理发师、不知所措的音乐家、开放的姑娘们、冒充电影专业人士的笨蛋们,等等,各色人物悉数登场。作者奥塔维奥.卡佩拉尼用他颠覆性的、蕴涵着不可抗拒的喜剧气息的文字,给我们呈现了一部风格新颖的黑社会帮派小说。 Catania in the port city of Sicily, Etna Avenue will be divided into two urban areas. Uncle Memm’s grocery store is not far from the street. One day, the captain of the gendarmerie went into his shop. He went straight to the captain went to the men’s supplies shelves, he put on glasses and looked after the water on the packaging of the text, from time to time also confused look at Uncle Myeme. Uncle Myemes did not even open his mouth for a long time. Everything happened in a flash. Shouting at the robbers who had broken into the shop, the captain turned around and took out his gun. Afterwards, the water was left on the ground to make a dry noise. The gunshots of the robbers, the brains of the captain splashes, and the three shadows escaped from the shop ... Of the three robbers who escaped, two were the most trustworthy men of local tycoon Uncle Sal and the other were Nick Pascal Rembe, Uncle Saul’s nephew, little famous local hairdresser Tony’s best friend. This should have been a commonplace, with a robbery that involved a shooting incident, which became unusually complicated. Uncle Sal also wanted Nick Peronber to get in touch with a guy who had just come from New York. He is Lou Shinoino, a grandson of Lao Lou and Xiao Di Nuo, the triad elders who are both prominent in Sicily and the United States. In Catania’s darkness, handsome triad leaders, philosophical analysts, clown-like hairdressers, overwhelming musicians, open-minded girls, idiots posing as filmmakers, etc. Etc., all kinds of characters all debut. Author Ottavio Capellani uses his subversive, imposing words of irresistible comedy to present us with a novel gangster novel.