San Francisco author Carl Russo will read from his new book The Sicilian Mafia: A True Crime Travel Guide, followed by a discussion about the making of this controversial book.

From the sunbaked fishing villages of the Mediterranean to the darkest alleys of Palermo, western Sicily is the exotic backdrop for 100 tales of murder and mayhem, packed with 200 photos of the real locations where the murders happened, where the godfathers lived and where their victims are buried.