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Napoli reveals a disturbing pocket of American history through the eyes of Calogero, a fourteen-year-old Sicilian immigrant in 1899 Louisiana. As he tries to make a new life, Calogero falls in love with Patricia, a young African American woman, and encounters bigotry that quickly turns to tragedy. Napoli's afterword gives more context to the story's events. A difficult but deeply moving tale.