The Octopus: The Rise and Rise of the Sicilian MafiaBirlinn, 10 dic 2012 - 184 pagine This book reveals a shocking and sensational story: the mafia and the huge syndicates it controls have infiltrated the government in Italy, the US, the highest levels of the Catholic Church, and in modern times, are even implicated in the murder of an American president and the pope. At lower levels of criminality the mafia is omnipresent - from prostitution, gambling and boot-legging during the Prohibition era in the 1920's, to the present day control of drug trafficking in Europe and America. The annals of the mafia are bloodstained and littered with corpses, both of the mobsters themselves and the law-abiding citizens and legislators who have tried to resist their intimidation. Peopled with compelling characters, Pieri rattles through the tangle of rackets, fueds, business affairs and political chicanery that satisfies our fascination with the criminal underworld. |
Sommario
Origins | |
Emigration | |
Duce and the Mafia | |
Al Capone | |
Salvatore Giuliano | |
Lucky Luciano | |
Death of a Banker | |
Death of a President | |
Go West | |
Hollywood | |
Meyer Lansky | |
Supergrasses | |
Murder Unlimited | |
John Gotti | |
Further reading | |
Death of a Pope | |
Parole e frasi comuni
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