Homo Criminalis

How crime organises the world

De: Mark Galeotti

Narrado por: Mark Galeotti

Brought to you by Penguin.

When does a bandit become a monarch? When does a gang become a government? And is organised crime at the heart of every modern state?

On a thrilling whistle-stop tour of how the world's criminal underbelly has shaped state-making, capitalism, globalisation and all forms of so-called legitimate power, Homo Criminalis shows the emergence of modern society through the evolution of the underworld and its crimes. From Chinese banditry and eighteenth-century English tea smuggling to today's cocaine submarines and the high-tech crimes of tomorrow, this book shows us how the world's dark underbelly shapes us, no matter how we try to outpace it.

Entertaining, engaging and packed full of fascinating stories, Homo Criminalis is a book for those who want to see our grand story of progress through the surprising and subversive new lens of organised crime.

© Mark Galeotti 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

Great as always Galleoti

Enjoyed the book. Another great one. Narration is good as well. If you find this topic interesting would recommend

"Another one" (DJ Khaled voice)-- a satisfying historical synthesis from a consistently great writer

To paraphrase DJ Khaled, Galeotti has done it again.

He's synthesized other works nicely and stitched the various topics together well. This reads an "edited journal" of history and crime, but without the clunkiness such a comparison may invoke. If you enjoy his writing, treat this as a primer for further reading on the various topics within

I wish the audible version included access to citations or a bibliography.