Word: alfio
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...Cappellani’s novel has all the trappings of a classic comedy. Set in the heart of a Sicilian summer, the novel is divided into three “acts” and focuses primarily on two blossoming romances—one between the middle-aged mafioso Alfio Turrisi and Betty, the daughter of his rival, and the other between theater director Tino Cagnotto and his paramour Bobo, an aspiring young actor. Both of these storylines play with Shakespeare’s own romantic plots. Although Betty’s father urges her to fall in love with Turrisi...