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I am left speechless by the courage of this guy.  Some quick searching shows that in addition to the rap song, he is on plenty of videos on YouTube, and this book is being made into a film.

Given his apparent huge success, do you think the Camorra might not think twice about killing him?

Cappotto di legno: The line

"tardarielli" ma non "scordarelli"
"late doers" but not "forgetters"
comes from a deposition by a collaborator of justice in which he explains why a victim was killed eleven years after being sentenced to death by the clans. Killers can take all the time they want since they never forget the job to be done.

If so, Saviano may be condemned to seek ever greater heights of popularity for the rest of his life as a deterrent against assassination.  Unless, of course, the Camorra can be destroyed before that.

(Incidentally, the first chapter of the book in English is provided on the New York Times website.)

A language is a dialect with an army and navy.

by marco (cowannar at gmail punkt com) on Mon Apr 28th, 2008 at 08:22:14 PM EST
I was pleasantly surprised this morning to see billboards all over the city announcing the film.
by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Wed Apr 30th, 2008 at 04:43:04 PM EST
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