In this novel, I try to lead the reader into an engaging account of a life lived, with an abundance and precision of episodes and experiences etched in my memory. Mine is a journey into a bucolic landscape and environment, which have marked me throughout my life. It is the experience and fortune of those who, like me, found themselves living through the period of transition from the life of the fields, made by toil and sweat of the hands, to mechanization and modernization. To make this journey backwards in my biography fascinating, there is then a succession of affections, of loved ones, of figures all peculiar in character and attitudes. The novel is, so to speak, a story within a story. Characters: za F'lumena, the grandmother with the strong character, the volcano always ready to explode, my father, Aunt Paola, Aunt Lina, Uncle Ferdinando, Uncle Armando, the barber-accordionist, the forester, the baker, the hairdresser, the old vintner (who at first presents himself as illiterate, but...), the traffic cop, the massaro (farmer) Luigi, who teaches me how to ride a horse, and his wife Carmela, an excellent cook, and Cerasella, grandmother's donkey. With Foxes Hill, I offer the reader a chance to open the treasure chest of life's memory, and to relive it. Childhood memories remain indelible in everyone's memory, and it applies to everyone. In this autobiographical account, through an exposition that is as simple and straightforward as ever from the point of view of expression, I recount my real experiences as a boy of just seven years old, who, alone and aboard regular buses (as many as three, for barely a hundred kilometers), in the hot summer of 1955
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Book 1 in the Del Rosso series
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"I have three words for you Ace Del Rosso. I hate you."
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River Arccadi is the Spanish mafia Donna and has been independent for most of her life. She doesn't need anyone and has men falling at her feet with just one look. She has the body of a Goddess and always gets what she wants. She had witnessed the brutal killing of her family at the age of fifteen and wants to avenge their deaths. Her past still haunts her. Her nightmares still occur. Her trauma still taunts her.
Ace Del Rosso, the Don of the Cosa Nostra. The title was given to him at a young age being only 16 and now he's carrying the weight of leading a mafia at the age of 25. He's a man who is feared by many and is known for being merciless, ruthless, strong and powerful. He would shoot you between the eyes if you dared to look at him the wrong way. He was unforgiving. Hence why people steered clear of him.
Both mafias have been enemies for years.
A deal was made that was suppose to mean nothing to them but somehow meant everything.
What happens when the deal comes to an end?
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//tw read book with caution//
β’contains sexual contentβ’
started:1/12/21
finished:12/3/22
#60 death: 30/9/24
#49 violence: 11/11/24
#6 slow burn: 27/12/24