Introduction: Not the Sopranos-- viewing the Mafia and outlaws through Italian eyes -- The Gold key / Giovanni Verga -- An episode of brigandage (1855) / Carolina Invernizio -- The blessed Paulists (1909-10) / Luigi Natoli (William Galt) -- Testagrossa agrees (1911) / Giuseppe Ernesto Nuccio -- The hired killer (1928) / Grazia Deledda -- The carob tree (1993) / Maria Occhipinti -- Montelepre (1955) / Anna Maria Ortese -- Searching for Palermo (1990) / Amelia Crisantino -- The truvatura (1992) / Silvana La Spina -- The Mafia at my back (1991) / Livia De Stefani -- Testimonies: Maria Saladino, Felicia Impastato, Letizia Battaglia, Rita Atria
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-180)
