Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Prelude ON MOUNT VESUVIUS xi
4. Naples 1925
5. Introduction TRANSFORMATIONS 3
6. 1 Island of Happiness 7
7. 2 Tragic Haunts 18
8. 3 A Common Pursuit 23
9. 4 Charnel Houses 29
10. 5 Music from Volcanic Rock 40
11. 6 Star Formations 46
12. 7 Postcards 51
13. 8 Skeletons and Specters 56
14. 9 The Art and Science of Insertion 66
15. 10 Blasting Out Living Space 79
16. 11 Touring the Crater 87
17. 12 Snakelike Entrails 98
18. 13 The Treasureless Trove of the Functioning 108
19. 14 Parthenope Washes Ashore 119
20. 15 Blood Miracle in Little Italy 124
21. 16 The Prophecy of Positano 130
22. 17 Afterlife 134
23. Postlude OFF-SEASON 137
24. Notes 139
25. Bibliography 161
26. Acknowledgments 179