An interview with Attilio Carducci, who has lived all his life on the Tremiti Islands - with generous help from Vivien Williams, who acted as translator

A trip to beautiful San Domino, where much of Mussolini’s Island takes place, and some of the locations which appear in the novel.

Some of the sites I visited in Catania which appear in the novel. In which I am variously threatened with bottles, guns and an inappropriate joke about the mafia. (I don’t want to put you off, I really do recommend a visit…)