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Gomorrah by: Roberto Saviano |
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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1060945 EAN: 9780374165277 ISBN: 0374165270 Label: Farrar Straus Giroux Manufacturer: Farrar Straus Giroux Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: October 30, 2007 Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Studio: Farrar Straus Giroux Sales Rank: 491085 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Opening the FloodgatesRoberto Saviano is a 28 year old man, who grew up in Secondigliano, a rundown of 10,000 inhabitants on the fringe of Naples, of which 2468 residents are incarcerated for mafia and camorra related activities and the rest have simply been abandoned to their fate. It is also the trading centre through which about 80% of Europe's cocaine is filtered through, packaged, distributed, marketed, cut, and sold on. This is an unpalatable reality few outside of Italy understand, care about or are able to believe. And this little book has opened a floodgates, no less for the Italians who have always known the extent of the Camorra's corruption on all levels of italian and international society, but who, out of fear, or inability to get close, have not been ... Read More: Rating:  - The worst book i have read in years.I thought this was a very long winded and boring book that seemed to go nowhere. It is only the second book i have been totally disgusted with in all my years of reading. Simply terrible. Rating: - Horribly GrippingDon't be put off by the slow opening with Saviano exhaustively recounting the Camorra's grip on the retail clothing market, because soon the author's spell is cast. A litany of violence, corrruption and death ensues and Saviano's outrage is palpable. The ultimate sum of the book is despair tinged by rage - this is a must read for all true crime fans and students of contemporary Italian culture. Rating: - COMPELLING READINGI have read this book in the original language a year ago and it is still quite clear in my mind. The courageous Roberto Saviano is a master in telling true stories , and this book gives you a powerful insight of the Neapolitan mafia and the wider implications for us all in an extremely readable & compelling manner. A MUST for anyone interested in Italy and Italian current affairs. Once you start reading it you cannot put it down! |
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