Machine generated contents note: ch. I The Matter of the Marbles -- ch. II The Passion and Flight of don Anselmo -- ch. III Don Anselmo's Cholera and Other Complications -- ch. IV What Dr. Bellanca Told Mayor Calandro -- ch. V The Consequences of the Cholera and Other Matters -- ch. VI Things Get Complicated -- ch. VII The Day of Denunciation -- ch. VIII Attorney Teresi Starts Thinking About Things -- ch. IX What's Two Plus Two? -- ch. X The Lawyer Lays a Trap -- ch. XI An Inconvenient Death -- ch. XII Four Articles, Two Monologues, and One Dialogue -- ch. XIII The Wheel Changes Direction -- ch. XIV How It All Ended.

"Lawyer and journalist Matteo Teresi discovers the existence of a secret sect whose members include priests and politicians. The sect's seedy purpose is to initiate devout virgins into the rites of married life. Preying on their victims naivety, they commit ignominious acts while promising the young women divine grace. In 1901 the scandal breaks nationwide. But far from being hailed as a hero, Teresi is accused of disrupting the social order. A passionately rendered portrait of the machinations of power and the difficult destiny of a local hero."--Publisher's description.

9781609455132.