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Entry 39 · Book chapter 40

January 7 1944

A visit to Donna Maria "La Pitonessa," a former circus performer turned wealthy landowner, in the Camorra zone.

Themes

Crime & banditry
Naples's character

Places

Caivano Town
Zona di Camorra Region

People

Donna Maria Fidora ('La Pitonessa') Informant / contact wealthy landowner near Caivano, former circus python-wrestler; not Camorra herself (women excluded) but a valuable informant

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