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Gomorrah: Italy's Other Mafia

Author: Roberto Saviano
Publisher: Macmillan
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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

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Sales Rank: 4838

Media: Hardcover
Pages: 424
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6 x 1.3

ISBN: 0230017762
EAN: 9780230017764
ASIN: 0230017762

Publication Date: January 18, 2008
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•	Paperback - Gomorrah: Italy's Other Mafia
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•	Unknown Binding - Gomorrah: A Personal Journey into the Violent International Empire of Naples Organized Crime System
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Opening the Floodgates May 17, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful

Roberto 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 able to speak about it in this much detail. Roberto's life has been largely destroyed by the writing of this book. He has had to change identity, separate from his family and lives under 24 hour police escort. But for those who live here, in the shadow of mafia, surrounded by the stink of corruption, of Naples' uncollected rubbish, of silent witnesses and a society still living in a dark middle age marked with bloodshed and hopelessness this book has opened a floodgates which may hope may finally lift the cover on a tragedy that affects not only the entire country, but all of Europe, and the world.
Please read this. The Camorra is not a Scorcese movie, the mafia is not some antiquated cliche. We live with it, and our country is slowly dying because of it. This is not a work of fiction, sadly.

1 out of 5 stars

The worst book i have read in years. March 29, 2008
1 out of 17 found this review helpful

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.

4 out of 5 stars

Horribly Gripping March 20, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

Don'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.

5 out of 5 stars

COMPELLING READING January 14, 2008
18 out of 18 found this review helpful

I 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!