Vendetta For The Saint Who is Alessandro Destamio? Is he the man he claims to be - a member of an aristocratic Sicilian family wwho has been deported from America? Or is he really a humble bank clerk named Dino Cartelli who apparently met his death when thwarting a robbery? This is the puzzle that faces The Saint when he stumbles into Destamio's world in Naples. The Fiction-Makers A gang boss has discovered a plan that was ingenious enough to achieve the impossible in a novel, so decides to give it a shot in real life. The Saint stumbles onto the caper when he is mistaken as the novel's author, although the real brains behind the printed page is a beautiful woman.