Gomorrah

a personal journey into the violent international empire of Naples' organized crime system

301 pages

English language

Published Jan. 15, 2007 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

ISBN:
978-0-374-16527-7
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OCLC Number:
671248952

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Capitalism in its rawest, most uninhibited form, is manifested in the Italian Mafia. This idea drives Saviano's brave memoir. The Cammora is a system of legal and illegal organizations with no regard for anything other then complete and utter control. Everything standing in its path is destroyed: Ethics, sensitivities, lives and, really, humanity itself. All is reduced to money and power. What is present in the our globe today, and is the bane of our collective existence - Capitalism - is merely a large scale model of the crime family. Saviano's writing is harsh. Unforgiving. Occasionally personal and brutal. Highly recommended book.

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Subjects

  • Camorra -- Italy
  • Camorra -- Economic aspects

Places

  • Italy
  • Naples