Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781846147708
Number of pages: 448
Weight: 326 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 25 mm
The most important book of the year ... Here it is, laid bare: cartel as corporation, corporation as cartel; cocaine as pure capitalism ... Saviano realises the brutal truth: that to understand narco-traffic is to understand the modern world ... it is revolutionary - Ed Vulliamy, Observer
Impassioned . . . a literary style that switches from vivid descriptions of human depravity to a philosophical consideration of the meaning of violence in the modern world. - Misha Glenny, Financial Times
Vivid . . . lands a resounding thump to the solar plexus - Economist
A powerful work of reportage . . . it goes to the heart of the financial sector's dependence on drug capital and its depredations - Ian Thomson, Telegraph
After reading Saviano, it becomes impossible to see Italy, and the global market, in the same way again. - The New York Times
Saviano is a blazingly vivid and courageous writer. - Independent
Saviano has an astonishing ability to write luminously yet subtly about terrible things. - Le Parisien
A national hero. - Umberto Eco
Brave and passionate - Guardian
Saviano should be commended for his bravery, and supported by all who share his revulsion. - Observer
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