BLOOD FROM A STONE

ON A COLD VENETIAN NIGHT SHORTLY BEFORE CHRISTMAS, A MAN IS KILLED IN A SCUFFLE IN CAMPO SAN STEFANO. THE CLOSEST WITNESSES TO THE EVENT ARE THE TOURISTS WHO HAD BEEN BROWSING THE MAN'S WARES BEFORE HIS DEATH - FAKE HANDBAGS OF EVERY DESIGNER LABEL. OFFICIALLY TERMED A VENDITORE AMBULANTE OR EXTRACOMUNITARIO, THE DEAD MAN WAS WORKING AS A VU CUMPRA, ONE OF THE MANY BLACK AFRICANS PURVEYING GOODS.