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Diavola
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Chapters 20-28Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of sexual content, cursing, graphic violence, illness, substance use, death, emotional abuse, gender discrimination, and child death.
Chapter 20 Summary: “That’s It, We’re Dead”
The group enjoys dinner in Florence; at the end of the meal, Nicole confides that she doesn’t want to go back to the villa. Benny blurts out, “[T]here’s something fucking haunted about it, and that thing is a ghost” (133). Anna agrees, but the others express varying degrees of skepticism, with Christopher in particular mocking the idea of the soul’s survival.
As the group walks to the train station, Nicole tells a story from their adolescence: Anna attended Nicole’s senior prom because she was on a date with an older boy. Nicole’s boyfriend was not present when Nicole was crowned prom queen, and there have always been rumors that he and Anna were hooking up. Anna once again denies that there’s any truth to the story, which she finds frustrating and hurtful.
Chapter 21 Summary: “Twin Complex”
Back at the villa, Anna joins Benny and Christopher for a drink while Nicole and Justin go to bed. Christopher is much drunker than she expected and immediately becomes combative and aggressive toward her. Christopher accuses Anna of being manipulative and jealous and claims that Benny left New York to get away from Anna.
