From the author of ZeroZeroZero comes Gomorrah,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.With a preface to mark the ten year anniversary of publication,Roberto Saviano's groundbreaking and utterly compelling book is a major international bestseller which has to date sold 750,000 copies in Italy alone. A groundbreaking study and a searing exposé,Gomorrah is the astonishing true story of the renowned crime organization the Camorra,known by insiders as'the System'. With a global reach,large stakes in construction,high fashion,illegal drugs and toxic waste disposal,the Camorra exerts a malign grip on cities and villages along the Neapolitan coast.In pursuit of his subject,Roberto 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. Since publishing the author has received so many death threats from the Camorra that he has been assigned police protection.
Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9781509843886Number of pages: 336Weight: 238 gDimensions: 196 x 129 x 24 mm
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