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Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia
by: John Dickie

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780340935262
ISBN: 034093526X
Label: Hodder Paperback
Manufacturer: Hodder Paperback
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: March 08, 2007
Publisher: Hodder Paperback
Studio: Hodder Paperback
Sales Rank: 6403

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A fascinating history
The development of the mafia in Sicily over the last 150 years is described in detail in this absorbing book.
The challenge of writing about a secret, criminal fraternity is obvious. How can you be sure of the accuaracy of your sources and to what extent have popular perceptions of the Mafia been distorted by the media industry that has fuelled its reputation and its mystique? Dickie never fails to acknowledge the difficulty of such a task and never falls into the trap of allowing his writing to become melodramatic or unrealistic. This means that his tale has the air of authority of journalistic prose and brings to life the conditions in which the Mafia arose by focusing on the social and economic events that encouraged its development. ... Read More:


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - It all started with Lemons !!!
Well I never.........but it really did, way back in the 1800's in Sicily.

I had no idea what to expect, and took to the task of reading what was described by a fellow Anglo-Italian as "the finest read concerning the Cosa Nostra" with great gusto.

Being written by an academic, (and not being one myself) it meant that there was always going to be some heavy going content, and the middle phase is indeed that. Great, but you do have to have your wits about you to take it in and it is all relative to the latter events and the developing threads. Dickie clearly knows his stuff and his supporting research is meticulous.

Covers everything, and everyone, from the startings back in the 1800's right up to modern day, ... Read More:

 



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