Description
Offers an account of the organisation, 'The Camorra', and its shadowy leaders that reveals a crime syndicate of extraordinary power and resources.
About the Author
'Tom Behan, who died in August 2010 aged 53, was an expert on Italian organised crime. He was a lecturer in Italian at the University of Kent at Canterbury, and wrote numerous books, including 'Defiance: The Story of One Man Who Stood Up to the Sicilian Mafia' (I.B.Tauris).'
Reviews
"'Very well-researched... excellent' - Vincenzo Ruggiero, THES 'Lively and readable... honest and interesting' - Mark Galeotti, Modern Italy 'Excellent, an exciting read' - Carl Levy 'Tom Behan convincingly shows that all levels of the Italian state, including the judiciary are sufficiently corrupt and in hock to the Camorra as to make all reformist solutions bankrupt' - Socialist Review"
Book Information
ISBN 9781848850187
Author Tom Behan
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Barbara Ward & Associates
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 372g