Gomorrah

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

by Saviano, Roberto

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A major bestseller in Italy, this is a heroic young man's impassioned account of the decline of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network with a large international reach and stakes in construction, high fashion, illicit drugs, and toxic-waste disposal. Known by insiders as "the System," the Camorra affects cities and villages along the Neapolitan coast, and is the deciding factor in why Campania, for instance, has the highest murder rate in all of Europe and why cancer l…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Gomorrah : a personal journey into the violent international empire of Naples' organized crime system / Roberto Saviano ; translated from the Italian by Virginia Jewiss.

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A major bestseller in Italy, this is a heroic young man's impassioned account of the decline of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network with a large international reach and stakes in construction, high fashion, illicit drugs, and toxic-waste disposal. Known by insiders as "the System," the Camorra affects cities and villages along the Neapolitan coast, and is the deciding factor in why Campania, for instance, has the highest murder rate in all of Europe and why cancer levels there have skyrocketed in recent years. Author Saviano, who saw his first murder at age 14, worked under cover to investigate the Camorra's control of Chinese factories contracted to manufacture fashion goods, legally and illegally, for distribution around the world, and relates how the abusive handling of toxic waste is causing devastating pollution not only for Naples but also China and Somalia.--From publisher description.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2008
  • Edition:First Picador edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Picador
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2008

Notes

Translation originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.

"Originally published [in Italian] in Italy by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. as Gomorra"--Title page verso.

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  • Description:1 online resource (301 pages) : : maps

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781429955386, 1429955384
  • oclc:ocn907481321
  • LC Classification:HV6453.I83
  • Dewey Decimal:364.1060945

Table of Contents

The Port -- Angelina Jolie -- The system -- The Secondigliano war -- Women -- Kalashnikov -- Cement -- Don Peppino Diana -- Hollywood -- Aberdeen, Mondragone -- Land of fires.

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Subjects

Camorra Crime organisé -- Italie Economics Italy -- Naples Organized crime Organized crime -- Economic aspects Organized crime -- Italy

Writers

Saviano, Roberto Jewiss, Virginia Saviano, Roberto

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