Book description
After three years living and working in Italy, Australian journalist
Penelope Green needs a reason to stick around, either true love or
gainful employment. When a job comes up in Naples, crime capital of
Italy, home of pizza and the Camorra, and crouched at the foot of a
volcano, Penny launches herself into the unknown. With her innate
curiosity and eye for detail, Penny prises Naples open to show us the
real city, in all its splendour ... and all its depravity. She uncovers
a chaotic metropolis where crime and poverty blur with abundant natural
beauty, and where the shadow of Mount Vesuvius is a daily reminder that
life must be lived for the moment. And when Penny meets a bass player in
a local band, she thinks she might have found that other reason to stick
around in this, the second volume of her Italian adventures, following
on the award-winning WHEN IN ROME. a bewitching true tale of a
tantalising city. Magnifico!' Penelope Green worked as a journalist in
Australia for a decade before moving to Rome in 2002. She has written
three much-loved memoirs recounting her life in Italy, WHEN IN ROME, SEE
NAPLES AND DIE and GIRL BY SEA.
