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Cosa Nostra

By John Dickie

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| Paperback | 9780340824351

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The Italian-American mafia has its roots in a mysterious and powerful criminal network in Sicily. While the mythology of the mafia has been widely celebrated in American culture, the true origins of its rituals, laws, and methods have never actually been revealed. John Dickie uses startling new reseContinue

The Italian-American mafia has its roots in a mysterious and powerful criminal network in Sicily. While the mythology of the mafia has been widely celebrated in American culture, the true origins of its rituals, laws, and methods have never actually been revealed. John Dickie uses startling new research to expose the secrets of the Sicilian mafia, providing a fascinating account that is more violent, frightening, and darkly comic than anything conceived in popular movies and novels. How did the Sicilian mafia begin? How did it achieve its powerful grip in Italy and America? How does it operate today? From the mafia's origins in the 1860s to its current tense relationship with the Berlusconi government, Cosa Nostra takes us to the inner sanctum where few have dared to go before. This is an important work of history and a revelation for anyone who ever wondered what it means to be "made" in the mob.

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  • Sins of the godfathers

    Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie Hodder & Stoughton £20, pp352 The crater is one of those things one will never forget, blasted into a stretch of motorway near Palermo airport on 23 May 1992. The burnt remains of a Fiat Cro ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • Dearth of honour

    Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie 352pp, Hodder, £20 In 1981, the Corleone family of the Sicilian mafia went to war. Within two years, hundreds of mafiosi had been savagely murdered, along with women and children, relatives ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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