Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia - Couverture rigide

Dickie, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0340824344 ISBN 13 : 9780340824344

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

Physical description: xxii, 483 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-462) and index. Subjects: Mafia - Italy - Sicily - History.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

A racy, sprightly work...strong on narrative and chilling accounts of the bloodstained events that have marked the mafia's history...a valuable work. (Scotsman)

Riveting (Sunday Telegraph)

Dogged...a brave work. This is the first history of the Sicilian Mafia to be written by a non-Italian. It gives John Dickie a neccesary detachment, frosty and undeceived. (Mail on Sunday)

A readable, highly informative, admirably systematic account of how the Mafia attained its hold. (Times Literary Supplement)

Lucid...grimly readable. (Daily Telegraph)

I couldn't put it down. His archival sleuthing is yoked to his powerful , often coruscating story-telling to create a sinister, horrific reality. (John Guy, The Sunday Times)

Highly readable...compelling. The narrative is entertaining and, at times, as chilling as the darkest crime fiction. At its best, it combines compelling horror with clear, rational analysis of the moral and political failings, which, even today, give the mafia a seat at many top tables in Italian society. (Glasgow Herald)

The first truly definitive English-language study of this myth-laden subject, and it is a pleasure to read...his book is notable for shrewd judgements couched in language that is vibrantly memorable. His acquaintance with the island and his immersion in the wider modern Italian culture allows him to convey the noxious atmosphere of corruption with flair. (The Sunday Times)

Monumental and gripping (Andrew Marr, BBC Start the Week)

Combines scholarship with a rip-roaring read (Sunday Herald)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Mafia has been given many names since it was founded one hundred and forty years ago: the Sect, the Brotherhood, the Honoured Society, and now Cosa Nostra. Yet as times have changed, the Mafia's subtle and bloody methods have remained the same. Now, for the first time, COSA NOSTRA reconstructs the complete history of the Sicilian Mafia from its origins to the present day, from the lemon groves and sulphur mines of Sicily, to the streets of Manhattan.

COSA NOSTRA is a definitive history, rich in atmosphere, and with the narrative pace of the best detective fiction.

The mob genre has finally grown up.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0340824344
• ISBN 13: 9780340824344
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 512