In late July, 1966, we were driving through Naples when the flatbed truck carrying a load of tomatoes that was in front of us had to stop at a red light. On the radio,
Sognando la California (California dreaming) by the Dik Diks was playing. All of a sudden a group of young boys darted out right in front of us and stole a crate of tomatoes from the truck. We had just seen the
scugnizzi, the infamous young criminals of Naples, in action.