• Gomorrah

  • A Personal Journey into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System
  • By: Roberto Saviano
  • Narrated by: Michael Kramer
  • Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (296 ratings)

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Gomorrah

By: Roberto Saviano
Narrated by: Michael Kramer
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A groundbreaking major best seller in Italy, Gomorrah is Roberto Saviano's gripping nonfiction account of the decline of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network with a large international reach and stakes in construction, high fashion, illicit drugs, and toxic-waste disposal.

Known by insiders as "the System," the Camorra affects cities and villages along the Neapolitan coast and is the deciding factor in why Campania, for instance, has the highest murder rate in all of Europe and why cancer levels there have skyrocketed in recent years.

Saviano tells of huge cargoes of Chinese goods that are shipped to Naples and then quickly distributed unchecked across Europe. He investigates the Camorra's control of thousands of Chinese factories contracted to manufacture fashion goods, legally and illegally, for distribution around the world, and relates the chilling details of how the abusive handling of toxic waste is causing devastating pollution not only for Naples but also China and Somalia.

In pursuit of his subject, Saviano worked as an assistant at a Chinese textile manufacturer, as a waiter at a Camorra wedding, and on a construction site. A native of the region, he recalls seeing his first murder at the age of 14 and how his own father, a doctor, suffered a brutal beating for trying to aid an 18-year-old victim who had been left for dead in the street.

Gomorrah is a bold and important work of investigative writing that holds global significance, one heroic young man's impassioned story of a place under the rule of a murderous organization.

©2006 Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., Milan (P)2007 Tantor

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Eye Opener

Well, I knew nothing about the Mob in Italy until I lisened to this book. This is a great book translated from Italian. It gives a clear insight into how organized crime is influencing many aspects of life across the world. It is read well and will keep anyone even marginally interested in the topic listening. IT is disturbing, exciting, informative, and raw. The reader had my earlobes in his hands for hours.

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Soprano's Move Over

Six seasons of The Sopranos, plus three Godfather movies and a bunch of organized crime books have pretty much formed my views of the mafia. Organized crime as entertainment. Gomorrah tells what happens when organized crime infiltrates every aspect of the economy and social life, as it has done in Southern Italy. Saviano, a native son of Naples, provides an insider personal account of the social and human costs of living in a mafia dominated culture. The incredible levels of violence and corruption spawned by mafia control are shocking and eye opening, even more so given this story is playing out in the heart of Western Europe.

Not a hopeful book, not an entertaining book, but a fascinating exposition of a world both unknown and hidden to outsiders. An excellent companion to McMafia, filling in the details to Glenny's broad outlines. This book was apparently a sensation when published in Italy, although the author has had to go into hiding because of death threats. Are there places in the U.S. where organized crime continues exert significant control in aspects of the economy?

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Don't waste your time!

This was a horrible audiobook. There is no real story just a list of names that the author recounts. I tortured myself to finish this only because I did not want to waste my money.

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BORING

This book was on a list of disturbing true crime books. It is lame in every sense of the word. A waste of my money on audible. No graphic or gory details as most true crime books write about. Very disappointed. He spent most of the book going over details on how they got a nickname.

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very good narrator

i am sure you can read more about the book itself somewhere else. it is chilling and brutal, but very engaging. sort of reminds me of 'the wire' in it's verite style. the narrator does an excellent job of staying out of the way and letting the story tell itself. his voice is clear and easy to listen to.

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surprisingly bad

If you're looking for a similar entertainment experience to the great tv series, this isn't it. Monotonal reading of scattered material, zero development of any of the characters.

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Crazy good

Fantastic story, fantastic narration. One of my all time favourites. Pronunciation of the Italian was really good, kudos to Michael Kramer.

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fight the mob

fight the mob, buy this book

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Engaging and engrossing

Great stories of how business is done with passion as the mainstay by voting with violence. The ultimate power grab for those who value it over old age and who style ruthlessness. Passions run high to mega melodrama lifestyle and the promise that God forgives those who may not confess to a Priest representing a religious institution. Acquired immense wealth with the protection of honor killing to keep it in preferred pockets. Despite the subject being the Italian Mafia, it accurately describes wealth transfer taking place over the past century globally and how deeply engaged greed is mega motivation for most people, whatever their stated position. The alternate lifestyle is living in fear for the rest of us.

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Sacrament of penance is exposure

I wanted to read this book after watching the series. It was So very well done and believable. On a subject I knew nothing about. However, what This author wrote is an absolutely astonishing in depth study of the subject matter. Screenplay and this book are 2 different animals but both phenomenal.

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