讲述来自高级餐饮界的年轻的厨师Carmy回到芝加哥经营家族三明治店的故事。
It was the age of Da Vinci and Michelangelo, of enlightened creativity and unparalleled intellectual achievement. But it was also the age of Machievelli, of rampant lawlessness, incessant war and unspeakable depravity. At the heart of the world order was the Vatican, the arbiter of conflicts between kingdoms and empires. And at the center of the Vatican was a man whose quest for power would propel him to seek the ultimate prize, the holy see of Rome. He was a man whose name would become synonymous with ruthlessness, and whose reign as pope would be remembered as the most infamous chapter of the history of the Catholic church -Rodrigo Borgia. His four children -Juan, the oldest, a prideful, lazy, unscrupulous sexual predator, Cesare, a young man torn between a faith that was not his calling and his dark violent nature, Lucretia, a young girl discovering the secret power that a women's sexuality holds...
故事发生在19世纪，主人公是11岁，小名为“Wash”的George Washington Black。他从小在巴巴多斯一处甘蔗种植园长大，但在某次令人震惊的死亡威胁后，意识到自己必须逃离，才能活下去。
