When an ancient grave on the fringes of Naples comes unexpectedly to light, an exquisite piece of funeral decoration leaves the twenty-something Fabbrizio suspended between his best impulses and his worst. On the one hand he wants to help his family, strapped for cashand to do right by his gift as a goldsmith. But on the other hand, Fabbrizio risks seduction by an array of dubious figures. Among these is an American femme fatale with a suspiciously close knowledge about Southern Italian criminal life -- the vicious local Mafia known as the Camorra.
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