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Gomorrah: A Personal Journey Into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System (10th Anniversary Edition w
Contributor(s): Saviano, Roberto (Author), Jewiss, Virginia (Translator)
ISBN: 1250145031     ISBN-13: 9781250145031
Publisher: Picador USA
OUR PRICE:   $16.20  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- True Crime | Organized Crime
- History | Europe - Italy
- Social Science | Criminology
Dewey: 364.106
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.60 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Italy
 
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Publisher Description:

The basis of the Sundance TV series Gomorrah
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

Gomorrah is a bold and important work of investigative writing that holds global significance, one heroic young man's impassioned story of a place under the rule of a murderous organization.

A groundbreaking, unprecedented bestseller in Italy, Roberto Saviano's insider account traces the decline of the city of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network more powerful and violent than the Mafia. The Camorra is an elaborate, international system dealing in drugs, high fashion, construction, and toxic waste, and its influence has entirely transformed life in Campania, the province surrounding Naples.

Since seeing his first murder victim, at thirteen, Roberto Saviano has watched the changes in his home city. For Gomorrah, he disappeared into the Camorra and witnessed up close the drug cartel's audacious, sophisticated, and far-reaching corruption that has paralyzed his home city and introduced the world to a new breed of organized crime.


Contributor Bio(s): Saviano, Roberto: - Roberto Saviano was born in Naples and studied philosophy at university. Gomorrah: A Personal Journey into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System is his first book. In 2011 he was awarded the PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award.