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Rating: - A fascinating and unique perspective on the world today
A passionate, troubling and at times personally conflicted exposé of the Neapolitan mafia the Camorra, Roberto Saviano examines the origins, the history and the bloody rise to power of the various clans to become a powerful and influential force not just in Campania or Italy but throughout the world. In Gomorrah, in a manner that would force him to go into hiding following publication, he names names, examines the environment that gave rise to the Camorra, and tries to understand the thought processes ... Read More

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Rating: - The only thing you learn in the black hole of Naples is how to die
In going undercover, R. Saviano experienced at first hand the Mafia at work in the Naples region.
It is a story of savage infighting, bid-rigging, trafficking and relentless slaughtering of competition.

Economics
Mafia business is one of the most aggressive forms of neoliberalism. It is a naked struggle among clans in order to create monopolies and to maximize profits. Their activities cover as different sectors as real estate, construction, cement, garment, farming, sugar and trafficking ... Read More

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Rating: - Great story but, oh!, the writing
There are two things you need to know about this book. Firstly, it is a (literally) shocking expose about the power, reach, spread and influence of the Comorra, the Naples mafia. It names names, it gives details. It's staggering. It's also laughable in places - when he recounts how a lot of the younger mafiosi can no longer shoot straight, because they'er copying how they hold guns in the movies and rap videos, and the capo who builds himself an copy of Tony Montana's villa.

But the second thing ... Read More

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Rating: - Needs Savage Editing - Maybe A Re-Write
What could have been an excellent investigative book turns out to be a difficult to read book. The first chapter is riddled with metaphors and is written in such a florid style one begins to wonder if it is a different author. Maybe an author who was confused on whether he should be writing poetry or prose rather than hard fact.

Subsequent chapters are infused with far too many names and places for any reader to grasp. Once in a while there is a flash of light when the author concentrates on one character ... Read More

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Rating: - Buy it if you want to read about the dark side of man
The book offers a native eye on mafia "entrepreneurship" in South Italy and Europe. If you are interested to know how organized and disorganized crime operates, a possible outcome for a community that has been abandoned by government care and to what extend can people go, this is definitely your read.
What was enjoyable for me is that the book is written mostly in a journalistic fashion with not a lot of "creative editing" to make it more story-like. I guess the reality was graphic enough.
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