The Uncle is a mafia boss in Naples, a pitiless business man who reigns over the Spanish Quarters. He has, however, one fatal weakness: he never, ever misses an episode of Big Brother, not even when he’s hiding from the police. When his people want to tell him something important, they realize they need to bring a messenger into the Big Brother House, and so they cast Anthony: a young, solarium tanned and clean‐shaven Mafioso. Anthony’s training as a convincing Big Brother housemate seems to work out, but after he’s entered the House, the message he’s urged to send to the Uncle gets a little… different.

The characters that Piedimonte describes are all equally funny and the picture of Anthony will stay with you – reading this book is like being inside a movie. The story is not only interesting because of all the hilarious scenes starring the Mafiosi, it’s fascinating because it goes deeper into their daily life, their way of thinking and talking. With biting humour, Piedimonte sheds a different light on the Camorra: this is another publication the Mafiosi can’t be proud of, not because it reveals what they do, but instead, for showing them as who they are. Very recently, Piedimonte’s unforgettable portrait of the Neapolitan mafia appeared in Germany as Im Namen des Onkels by publisher Dumont.

“With his novel […] Piedimonte lays bare the Camorra and shows its most ludicrous aspects. He demolishes it by undermining the image of omnipotence built over decades of injustice and violence.” Roberto Saviano

Stefano Piedimonte, Nel nome dello Zio, Guanda, 2012

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