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Gomorrah

By Roberto Saviano, Virginia Jewiss (Translator)

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| Hardcover | 9780374165277

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A groundbreaking major bestseller in Italy, Gomorrah is Roberto Saviano’s gripping nonfiction 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-waContinue

A groundbreaking major bestseller in Italy, Gomorrah is Roberto Saviano’s gripping nonfiction 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 whycancer levels there have skyrocketed in recent years.

Saviano tells of huge cargoes of Chinese goods that are shipped to Naples and then quickly distributed unchecked across Europe. He investigates the Camorra’s control of thousands of Chinese factories contracted to manufacture fashion goods, legally and illegally, for distribution around the world, and relates the chilling details of how the abusive handling of toxic waste is causing devastating pollution not only for Naples but also China and Somalia. In pursuit of his subject, Saviano worked as an assistant at a Chinese textile manufacturer, a waiter at a Camorra wedding, and on a construction site. A native of the region, 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 aid an eighteen-year-old victim who had been left for dead in the street.

Gomorrah is a bold and important work of investigative writing that holds global significance, one heroic young man's impassioned story of a place under the rule of a murderous organization.

Critics

  • Gang rule

    Gomorrah: Italy's Other Mafia by Roberto Saviano, translated by Virginia Jewiss 424pp, Macmillan, £ 16.99 Rarely can a piece of reportage have begun with a more arresting image. A container is swinging in the air as it is lofted towards a cargo ship ... (read full critics)

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

  • Mafia uncovered

    Unless you fancy dying in a symbolic and grisly fashion, you don't cross a Camorra member, let alone all of them in one go. So rather than celebrating the fact that his book has already sold nearly two million copies in more than 40 countries, and th ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

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  • Most compelling when revealing the business models of the Camorra, eg. the chapters on fashion and landfills.

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    Jubei said on Aug 30, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • bad translation for a "too italian" book

    I chose to give this book to my bf as a gift and I ended up reading it with him. I got touched by saviano's words, but unfortunately it didn't reach my bf as much as it did to me. I believe the problem to be in the translation. To some extents, it's good to stick to the author's words, but at the sa ... (continue)

    I chose to give this book to my bf as a gift and I ended up reading it with him. I got touched by saviano's words, but unfortunately it didn't reach my bf as much as it did to me. I believe the problem to be in the translation. To some extents, it's good to stick to the author's words, but at the same time some sentences do not make any sense as they are litterally translated, and the reading in general is extremely heavy. Shame, as I really hoped it to help me explain my bf what life in italy is like.

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    Valina said on Feb 27, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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