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Gomorrah: Italy's Other Mafia by Roberto Saviano (Paperback, 2011)
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Since publishing his searing expose of their criminal activities, the author has received so many death threats from the Camorra that he has been assigned police protection. "Gomorrah" is both a bold and engrossing piece of investigative writing and one heroic young man's impassioned story of a place under the rule of a murderous organization.
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Published to coincide with the eponymous blockbuster film, Roberto Saviano's groundbreaking and utterly compelling book is a major international bestseller and has to date sold 750,000 copies in Italy alone. Since publishing his searing expose of their criminal activities, the author has received so many death threats from the Camorra that he has been assigned police protection. Known by insiders as 'the System', the Camorra, an organized crime network with a global reach and large stakes in construction, high fashion, illicit drugs and toxic-waste disposal, exerts a malign grip on cities and villages along the Neapolitan coast is the deciding factor in why Campania has the highest murder rate in all of Europe and why cancer levels there have skyrocketed in recent years. In pursuit of his subject, Saviano worked as an assistant at a Chinese textile manufacturer and on a construction site, both controlled by 'the System', and as a waiter at a Camorra wedding. Born in Naples, he recalls seeing his first murder at the age of fourteen, and how his own father, a doctor, suffered a brutal beating for trying to help an eighteen-year-old victim, left for dead in the street. Gomorrah is both a bold and engrossing piece of investigative writing and one heroic young man's impassioned story of a place under the rule of a murderous organization.Product Identifiers
PublisherPan Macmillan
ISBN-139780330450997
eBay Product ID (ePID)89102545
Product Key Features
Book TitleGomorrah: Italy's Other Mafia
AuthorRoberto Saviano
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicTrue Crime
Publication Year2011
Number of Pages320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height197mm
Item Width130mm
Item Weight233g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorRoberto Saviano
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 04 Mar, 2021Most favourable review
Chuffed
Read it when 1st publication dropped b4 the film & TV shows, never red anything this good sinceVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 16 Jun, 2021Most critical review
An alien world of crime
I found it quite repetitive plotting the rise and fall of various crime families. I found the TV series much more riveting. What it did expose was how life is so cheap in their world. It was inexpensive to buy and arrived promptly is about all I can say.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 13 Jan, 2021
Shockingly insightful
So amazingly described, the plights of this underworld and its impact on Italy and the Italian people. This is the best insight I’ve ever experienced into this. Very interesting indeed.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 02 Mar, 2021
Great read
After watching the series, I had to read the book and Saviano doesn't disappointVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 10 Apr, 2023
An informative read
Very interesting book about the Mafia in the Naples area.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 Sep, 2020
Excellent book compelling
£4.95 for 495 pages, that’s a penny each, wonderful valueVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 04 Oct, 2017
Mafia ish
Not exactly what I thought it would beVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 19 Feb, 2019
Thrilling
Just what i wanted for universityVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 09 Aug, 2023
Book
Good book. Great TV version too.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 14 May, 2024
Top banana
Top bananaVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
