Historia de la Mafia / Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia

Professor John Dickie, LLB

Historia de la Mafia / Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Debate
Published
23 February 2016
Pages
848
ISBN
9788499925141

Historia de la Mafia / Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia

Professor John Dickie, LLB

Mafia. Camorra. ‘Ndrangheta. La mafia siciliana, la Cosa Nostra, no es la unica sociedad criminal peligrosa de italia. El pais alberga otras dos mafias importantes: la camorra napolitana y, en la pobre y aislada region de Calabria, la misteriosa 'Ndrangheta, que se ha convertido en la mas poderosa de la actualidad.

Desde que aparecieron, las tres mafias han corrompido las instituciones italianas, recortado las opciones vitales de sus conciudadanos, eludido la justicia y establecido su rentable intermediacion como alternativa a los tribunales.

Pero cada una de estas hermandades tiene sus propios metodos, sus rituales salvajes, su brutalidad caracteristica. La sombra del crimen organizado oscurece todo un pais consumido por la deuda, la paralisis politica y la corrupcion rampante.

La 'Ndrangheta controla la mayoria del trafico mayorista de cocaina, y, segun algunos calculos, hasta el 3 % del PIB de Italia. John Dickie es una autoridad internacional en la historia del crimen organizado, y en este libro combina la investigacion en archivos con una narracion apasionante y un lucido analisis para explicar un ecosistema criminal unico, y obtener la obra definitiva sobre la mafia en toda su extension.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Hailed in Italy as the best book ever written about the mafia in any language, Cosa Nostra is a fascinating, violent, and darkly comic account that reads like fiction and takes us deep into the inner sanctum of this secret society where few have dared to tread.In this gripping history of the Sicilian mafia, John Dickie uses startling new research to reveal the inner workings of this secret society with a murderous record. He explains how the mafia began, how it responds to threats and challenges, and introduces us to the real-life characters that inspired the American imagination for generations, making the mafia an international, larger than life cultural phenomenon. Dickie’s dazzling cast of characters includes Antonio Giammona, the first boss of bosses’; New York cop Joe Petrosino, who underestimated the Sicilian mafia and paid for it with his life; and Bernard the Tractor Provenzano, the current boss of bosses who has been hiding in Sicily since 1963.

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