Cosa Nostra by John Dickie

Cosa Nostra by John Dickie

The Mafia has been given many names since it was founded in the mid-19th century - the Sect, the Brotherhood, the Honoured Society, and now Cosa Nostra. Yet as times have changed, the Mafia's subtle and bloody methods have remained the same. This book reconstructs the complete history of the Sicilian Mafia from its origins to the modern day, from the lemon groves and sulphur mines of Sicily, to the streets of Manhattan.

A racy, sprightly work..strong on narrative and chilling accounts of the bloodstained events that have marked the mafia's history...a valuable work. - Scotsman

Riveting - Sunday Telegraph

Dogged...a brave work. This is the first history of the Sicilian Mafia to be written by a non-Italian. It gives John Dickie a neccesary detachment, frosty and undeceived. - Mail on Sunday

A readable, highly informative, admirably systematic account of how the Mafia attained its hold. - Times Literary Supplement

Lucid...grimly readable. - Daily Telegraph

I couldn't put it down. His archival sleuthing is yoked to his powerful , often coruscating story-telling to create a sinister, horrific reality. - John Guy, The Sunday Times

Highly readable...compelling. The narrative is entertaining and, at times, as chilling as the darkest crime fiction. At its best, it combines compelling horror with clear, rational analysis of the moral and political failings, which, even today, give the mafia a seat at many top tables in Italian society. - Glasgow Herald

The first truly definitive English-language study of this myth-laden subject, and it is a pleasure to read...his book is notable for shrewd judgements couched in language that is vibrantly memorable. His acquaintance with the island and his immersion in the wider modern Italian culture allows him to convey the noxious atmosphere of c

John Dickie is both an academic cultural historian and an advertising copywriter and researcher for several major international companies. He is Senior Lecturer in Italian at UCL and has written many articles and a previous academic book on Italy: DARKEST ITALY ( Macmillan) and edited another: DISASTERS IN ITALY SINCE 1860 (Palgrave).

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ISBN 13	9780340824344
ISBN 10	0340824344
Title	Cosa Nostra
Author	John Dickie
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Year published	2004-01-19
Number of pages	512
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