The true story of an ordinary working-class Englishman that gave up life in the UK and moved to the sun-drenched Mediterranean island of Sicily - land of the Mafia. The story is packed with hints, tips and experiences both bitter and sweet, making it essential reading for anyone even vaguely considering living abroad. Light-hearted, humorous and at times perhaps irreverent also, this story portrays how one of the very first foreigners to this region of the island had hurdles a plenty to overcome in his quest to settle in a previously closed and highly suspicious society: before being accepted into the cloaked arms of one of the world's largest organisations.