5 is the perfect number : (1994-2002) / Igort ; [translated by Ioana Georgescu].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Igort, 1958-

Contributor:

Georgescu, Ioana, 1955-

Standardized Title:

5 è il numero perfetto. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Mafia--Italy--Naples--Comic books, strips, etc--Fiction.

Mafia.

Revenge--Comic books, strips, etc--Fiction.

Revenge.

Italy--Naples.

Genre:

Graphic novels.

Comics (Graphic works)

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 30 cm

Other Title:

Five is the perfect number

Place of Publication:

Montréal : Drawn and Quarterly ; San Francisco : Distributed in the USA and abroad by Chronicle Books, 2003.

Summary:

A romanzo from Italian streets, where the melancholy dreams of Mafiosi become nightmares. A hitman lies dying in the gray and narrow streets of Naples, a handsome new revolver by his side. Nino's father gave him that gun for his birthday. It never fired a shot. Peppino spent his life taking orders from the bosses and dodging bullets. An old man, it takes a divine intervention to save his life one more time. Peppino has lost his son, but not his faith. He puts down the fishing rods of his retirement and picks up his old pistols, looking for revenge. Shots ring out over Peppi's gray head once again as he searches for his son's murderers and the shining black gun he gave to Nino on the last night of his life. Spare, romantic, and surreal, 5 IS THE PERFECT NUMBER brings Italian magic realism to graphic novels in a story about heroes, families, and faith. A hit in Europe, over 17,000 copies sold in European editions in just four months!

Notes:

Translation of: 5 è il numero perfetto.

ISBN:

1896597688 :

OCLC:

50843490