Giacomo

Giacomo is the sweeping epic of the Darro family spanning three generations and three continents Giacomo the grandfather and Nicholas his grandson are joined by a bloodline of ambition violence and betrayal Their stories tell of a struggle with poverty and acceptance of artistry and murder Giacomo left his native Sicily in the late 1800s with nothing but hopes and dreams for a better life in America Quite against his will he is recruited by the fledgling Cosa Nostra in Philadelphia and gives up wielding a heavy hammer for eighteen hours a day in a barrel factory for the law of his powerful fists When Giacomo learns the terrible secret of his birth he returns to Sicily It is through Giacomo s sealed day journal that Nicholas finally learns of the events surrounding the death of his own father and the secret that caused the death of so many Nicholas abandons his studies at the University of Grenoble in France and follows the trail to the Castle of Adrano in Sicily It is a story of great love and sacrifice the power of the church the conflict of immigrant factions and the growth of America