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What Hell Is Not by Alessandro D'Avenia, Jeremy Parzen is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is What Hell Is Not about?

A heart-rending story of deprivation and resilience in mafia-run Palermo‘Take away love and you will have hell, you used to say to me, Don Pino. Give love and you will have what hell is not.’ Sicily, 1993. Fear rules the streets of Palermo. Teenage boys patrol the narrow streets armed with AK-47’s, marking out the territory of their mafia bosses. This is what hell is. Federico, a privileged local boy, is asked by his teacher, Don Pino, to help out at the youth club he runs in one of the most destitute areas of the city. A tangle of alleys controlled by men with nicknames like the Hunter, it is also where kids like Francesco, Lucia, and Totò never give up hope for a different life. Over that long hot summer, far removed from his familiar surroundings, a new world opens up for Federico, but when Don Pino is murdered, the future of the kids is entrusted to his young hands. Based on real events, What Hell is Not is a heartrending story of deprivation and resilience that ultimately demonstrates the transformative power of small acts of love. **

Who reads What Hell Is Not?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Alessandro D'Avenia, Jeremy Parzen
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Published
2018
Language
EN
ISBN
9781786072757
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance
Rating
3.4 / 5 (7 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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