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Blood Brotherhoods

A History of Italy's Three Mafias

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Blood Brotherhoods

By: John Dickie
Narrated by: Tom Lawrence
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Mafia. Camorra. 'Ndrangheta.

The Sicilian mafia, known as Cosa Nostra, is far from being Italy's only dangerous criminal fraternity. The country hosts two other major mafias: the Camorra from Naples; and, from the poor and isolated region of Calabria, the mysterious 'Ndrangheta, which has now risen to become the most powerful mob group active today.

Since they emerged, the mafias have all corrupted Italy's institutions, drastically curtailed the life chances of its citizens, evaded justice, and set up their own self-interested meddling as an alternative to the courts. Yet each of these brotherhoods has its own methods, its own dark rituals, its own style of ferocity. Each is uniquely adapted to corrupt and exploit its own specific environment, as it collaborates with, learns from, and goes to war with the other mafias.

Today, the shadow of organized crime hangs over a country racked by debt, political paralysis, and widespread corruption. The 'Ndrangheta controls much of Europe's wholesale cocaine trade and, by some estimates, three percent of Italy's total GDP. Blood Brotherhoods traces the origins of this national malaise back to Italy's roots as a united country in the 19th century and shows how political violence incubated underworld sects among the lemon groves of Palermo, the fetid slums of Naples, and the harsh mountain villages of Calabria.

Blood Brotherhoods is an audiobook of breathtaking ambition, tracing for the first time the interlocking story of all three mafias from their origins to the present day. John Dickie is recognized in Italy as one of the foremost historians of organized crime. Here, he blends archival detective work, passionate narrative, and shrewd analysis to bring a unique criminal ecosystem - and the three terrifying criminal brotherhoods that have evolved within it - to life.

©2011, 2013, 2014 John Dickie (P)2020 Hachette Audio
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