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The basis of the Sundance TV series Gomorrah A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A groundbreaking, unprecedented bestseller in Italy, Roberto Saviano's insider account traces the decline of the city of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network more powerful and violent than the Mafia. The Camorra is an elaborate, international system dealing in drugs, high fashion, construction, and toxic waste, and its influence has entirely transformed life in Campania, the province surrounding Naples. Since seeing his first murder victim, at thirteen, Roberto Saviano has watched the changes in his home city. For Gomorrah, he disappeared into the Camorra and witnessed up close the drug cartel's audacious, sophisticated, and far-reaching corruption that has paralyzed his home city and introduced the world to a new breed of organized crime.
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Gomorrah, Roberto Saviano
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- Gomorrah
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Roberto Saviano
- Publisher
- Picador
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0312427794
- ISBN13
- 9780312427795
- Series
- Tags
- True Stories, Politics, Suspense, Italy, Southern Europe, Adapted for Film, Italian Literature, True Crime, Violence, Drugs, Seas and Oceans, Poverty, Mafia, Adapted into Series, Organized Crime, Human Trafficking, Naples, Harbor, Camorra, Campania (Region)
- First published
- 2006
- Original title
- Gomorra
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- The basis of the Sundance TV series Gomorrah A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A groundbreaking, unprecedented bestseller in Italy, Roberto Saviano's insider account traces the decline of the city of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network more powerful and violent than the Mafia. The Camorra is an elaborate, international system dealing in drugs, high fashion, construction, and toxic waste, and its influence has entirely transformed life in Campania, the province surrounding Naples. Since seeing his first murder victim, at thirteen, Roberto Saviano has watched the changes in his home city. For Gomorrah, he disappeared into the Camorra and witnessed up close the drug cartel's audacious, sophisticated, and far-reaching corruption that has paralyzed his home city and introduced the world to a new breed of organized crime.