The story of the Bocchicchios and how they helped get Michael back from Sicily is one of the best tales-within-a-tale in the novel that, alas, didn't get into the film.


Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.