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After three years living and working in Italy, Australian journalist Penelope Green needs a reason to stick around – true love or gainful employment. When a job comes up in Naples – crime capital of Italy, home of pizza and the Camorra, and crouched at the foot of a volcano – Penny launches herself into the unknown. With her innate curiosity and eye for detail, Penny prises Naples open to show us the real city, in all its splendour ... and all its depravity. She uncovers a chaotic metropolis where crime and poverty blur with abundant natural beauty, and where the shadow of Mount Vesuvius is a daily reminder that life must be lived for the moment. And when Penny meets a bass player in a local band, she thinks she might have found that other reason to stick around ...