The Honoured Society

by: Petra Reski

The Honoured Society
Author: Petra Reski

Publisher: Atlantic Books

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Format: Hardback

Publication date: 01 July 2012

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ISBN: 1848871341 ISBN 13: 9781848871342

The Honoured Society by Petra Reski

When six mafiosi were shot and killed in a quiet German town, the massive reach of Calabria's mafia was brought brutally into focus. In The Honoured Society, Petra Reski reveals the organized crime network that has Europe in its grip. Top page

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In the early hours of an August morning a gunfight broke out in an Italian restaurant in Duisburg; in less than five minutes over seventy shots were fired into the bodies of six men. Both victims and assassins were members of the 'Ndrangheta crime organization; Calabria's Mafia had extended the savage tentacle of its influence outside Italy for the first time. For the men of the 'Ndrangheta, time is still measured in hour-glasses and honour may only be washed with blood. Petra Reski dispels the Hollywood romance surrounding the Mafia to reveal the huge and menacing force lurking everywhere - from street corner to parliament offices, construction site to corporate headquarters - and involved in everything from petty extortion to the disposal of nuclear waste. Reski's searing portrait of the criminals who have come to control not only Italy but vast swathes of Europe, is a journalistic tour de force. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Atlantic Books

City: London

Pages: 288

More info: height 234 mm width 156 mm

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Age recommended: General/trade

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC23) 364.1060945 Library of Congress Subject: Mafia - Italy - History

Record updated at: 22 April, 2013 time: 18:54


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