A confession like this has never been made before.
Until now there have been pentiti - repentant mafiosi. Those who aimed to cleanse their souls.
But giovanni, a member of the Sicilian Mafia, repents nothing. Nor does he plead for mercy; he is anonymous to the law.
His life spans the history of the Mafia - from the ancient paternalism of the farmlands to the modern trade in heroin.
his story is the diary of an assassin - where murder in cold blood is tempered with a sense of honour and a determination to achieve respect.