What happens when a decent man's moral compass begins pointing him toward indecent choices, all in the name of protecting the people who define him?For Momo Serafini, growing up in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood meant learning that family was everything, loyalty was rarely negotiable, and the difference between right and wrong depended largely on who was asking.At the center of his world stood Columbo's, his family's neighborhood tavern, where saints and sinners gathered over Nonna Pia's notorious veal cutlet sandwiches. Behind its familiar walls lived generations of secrets, including a connection to Mussolini's downfall and a violent legacy the Serafinis believed they'd left behind in Italy.But the past has a way of collecting its debts.When Momo discovers that his late father stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Caprettas, a powerful Boston crime family, he inherits a debt he never knew existed. The Caprettas want their money back, and Momo is the one expected to pay.Determined to find a way out, Momo establishes a lucrative underground gambling ring built around high-stakes card games at his affluent suburban college, where money flows freely, and youthful recklessness provides the perfect cover.What begins as an act of survival becomes something far more dangerous.Caught between the family that shaped him, the friends who depend on him, and Kim Churchill, the young woman who sees the good in him even when he struggles to recognize it himself, Momo discovers that loyalty can demand a terrible price. And every compromise makes the next one easier.Set against the gritty streets of 1980s and 1990s Boston, The Sieve: A Resolution of Misdeeds is a darkly humorous, emotionally charged literary crime saga about family, identity, inherited violence, and the choices that turn ordinary people into something they never intended to become.Some debts can be repaid. Others become an inheritance.
What happens when a decent man's moral compass begins pointing him toward indecent choices, all in the name of protecting the people who define him?For Momo Serafini, growing up in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood meant learning that family was everything, loyalty was rarely negotiable, and the difference between right and wrong depended largely on who was asking.At the center of his world stood Columbo's, his family's neighborhood tavern, where saints and sinners gathered over Nonna Pia's notorious veal cutlet sandwiches. Behind its familiar walls lived generations of secrets, including a connection to Mussolini's downfall and a violent legacy the Serafinis believed they'd left behind in Italy.But the past has a way of collecting its debts.When Momo discovers that his late father stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Caprettas, a powerful Boston crime family, he inherits a debt he never knew existed. The Caprettas want their money back, and Momo is the one expected to pay.Determined to find a way out, Momo establishes a lucrative underground gambling ring built around high-stakes card games at his affluent suburban college, where money flows freely, and youthful recklessness provides the perfect cover.What begins as an act of survival becomes something far more dangerous.Caught between the family that shaped him, the friends who depend on him, and Kim Churchill, the young woman who sees the good in him even when he struggles to recognize it himself, Momo discovers that loyalty can demand a terrible price. And every compromise makes the next one easier.Set against the gritty streets of 1980s and 1990s Boston, The Sieve: A Resolution of Misdeeds is a darkly humorous, emotionally charged literary crime saga about family, identity, inherited violence, and the choices that turn ordinary people into something they never intended to become.Some debts can be repaid. Others become an inheritance.
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