When I was asked to work on this book, the characters and the story were critical. But the setting is San Francisco in the 1940s and Sicily in the 1950s… this made me take on the project immediately.
I needed to have a clear image of the world around them even before working on the character development, so I started by drawing the scenes that evoked that world best.
Luis Mendo
Artist & Author
San Francisco with the Saymore residence in the background.
Derek and his beloved taxidermy.
Caro is Siciliy exploring the town of Caroleone.
The Saymore's house in San Francisco.
Caro busy writing telegrams.
Summers in Sicily
Caro's family home.
San Francisco steep streets, 1951
A Californian Condor (Gymnogyps Californianus jim-no-jips Californy-anus) was spotted close to Caro's house.
Cars of the time.