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Mafia

Mafia

Last updated: January 17, 2023

    The Best Books on the Mafia, recommended by John Dickie

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    The Best Books on the Mafia - The Two Mafias: A Transatlantic History, 1888-2008 by Salvatore Lupo

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    The Two Mafias: A Transatlantic History, 1888-2008
    by Salvatore Lupo

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    The Best Books on the Mafia - Men of Honour: the Truth about the Mafia by Judge Giovanni Falcone

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    Men of Honour: the Truth about the Mafia
    by Judge Giovanni Falcone

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    The Best Books on the Mafia - La Sicilia e gli Alleati: Tra Occupazione e Liberazione by Manoela Patti

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    La Sicilia e gli Alleati: Tra Occupazione e Liberazione
    by Manoela Patti

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    The Best Books on the Mafia - Mafia Life: Love, Death and Money at the Heart of Organised Crime by Federico Varese

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    Mafia Life: Love, Death and Money at the Heart of Organised Crime
    by Federico Varese

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    The Best Books on the Mafia - Mafia Women by Clare Longrigg

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    Mafia Women
    by Clare Longrigg

  • The three biggest Italian mafias remain a powerful presence, with tentacles reaching deep inside Italian business and politics, but our understanding of them is marred by myths and misconceptions. Professor John Dickie of University College London, author of three books on the mafia, recommends what to read to get a better understanding of what the mafia really is.

  • The Best Books on the Mafia - The Two Mafias: A Transatlantic History, 1888-2008 by Salvatore Lupo
  • The Best Books on the Mafia - Men of Honour: the Truth about the Mafia by Judge Giovanni Falcone
  • The Best Books on the Mafia - La Sicilia e gli Alleati: Tra Occupazione e Liberazione by Manoela Patti
  • The Best Books on the Mafia - Mafia Life: Love, Death and Money at the Heart of Organised Crime by Federico Varese
  • The Best Books on the Mafia - Mafia Women by Clare Longrigg

The Best Books on the Mafia, recommended by John Dickie

The three biggest Italian mafias remain a powerful presence, with tentacles reaching deep inside Italian business and politics, but our understanding of them is marred by myths and misconceptions. Professor John Dickie of University College London, author of three books on the mafia, recommends what to read to get a better understanding of what the mafia really is.

The Best Books on the Mafia, recommended by John Dickie

    The best books on Gang Crime, recommended by Gavin Knight

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    The best books on Gang Crime - Lush Life by Richard Price

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    Lush Life
    by Richard Price

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    The best books on Gang Crime - Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano

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    Gomorrah
    by Roberto Saviano

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    The best books on Gang Crime - The Corner by David Simon and Edward Burns

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    The Corner
    by David Simon and Edward Burns

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    The best books on Gang Crime - Code of the Street by Elijah Anderson

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    Code of the Street
    by Elijah Anderson

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    The best books on Gang Crime - Dark Heart: The Shocking Truth About Hidden Britain by Nick Davies

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    Dark Heart: The Shocking Truth About Hidden Britain
    by Nick Davies

  • Inner-city crime is a matter of deprivation not race. It comes from a street culture that respects extreme violence, says Gavin Knight, an author who spent two years among British gangs and the police units covering them

  • The best books on Gang Crime - Lush Life by Richard Price
  • The best books on Gang Crime - Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano
  • The best books on Gang Crime - The Corner by David Simon and Edward Burns
  • The best books on Gang Crime - Code of the Street by Elijah Anderson
  • The best books on Gang Crime - Dark Heart: The Shocking Truth About Hidden Britain by Nick Davies

The best books on Gang Crime, recommended by Gavin Knight

Inner-city crime is a matter of deprivation not race. It comes from a street culture that respects extreme violence, says Gavin Knight, an author who spent two years among British gangs and the police units covering them

The best books on Gang Crime, recommended by Gavin Knight

    The best books on The Best Books on the Sicilian Mafia, recommended by Diego Gambetta

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    The best books on The Best Books on the Sicilian Mafia - Condizioni politiche e amministrative della Sicilia by Leopoldo Franchetti

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    Condizioni politiche e amministrative della Sicilia
    by Leopoldo Franchetti

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    The best books on The Best Books on the Sicilian Mafia - Men of Honour: the Truth about the Mafia by Judge Giovanni Falcone

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    Men of Honour: the Truth about the Mafia
    by Judge Giovanni Falcone

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    The best books on The Best Books on the Sicilian Mafia - History of the Mafia by Salvatore Lupo

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    History of the Mafia
    by Salvatore Lupo

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    The best books on The Best Books on the Sicilian Mafia - Men of Dishonor by Antonio Calderone & Pino Arlacchi

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    Men of Dishonor
    by Antonio Calderone & Pino Arlacchi

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    The best books on The Best Books on the Sicilian Mafia - La Mafia in Casa Mia by Anna Puglisi and Umberto Santino

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    La Mafia in Casa Mia
    by Anna Puglisi and Umberto Santino

  • 'If you go to Palermo and say, “I’m researching the Mafia,” they laugh a lot. First of all they laugh a lot, and then they kill you.'

  • The best books on The Best Books on the Sicilian Mafia - Condizioni politiche e amministrative della Sicilia by Leopoldo Franchetti
  • The best books on The Best Books on the Sicilian Mafia - Men of Honour: the Truth about the Mafia by Judge Giovanni Falcone
  • The best books on The Best Books on the Sicilian Mafia - History of the Mafia by Salvatore Lupo
  • The best books on The Best Books on the Sicilian Mafia - Men of Dishonor by Antonio Calderone & Pino Arlacchi
  • The best books on The Best Books on the Sicilian Mafia - La Mafia in Casa Mia by Anna Puglisi and Umberto Santino

The best books on The Best Books on the Sicilian Mafia, recommended by Diego Gambetta

‘If you go to Palermo and say, “I’m researching the Mafia,” they laugh a lot. First of all they laugh a lot, and then they kill you.’

The best books on The Best Books on the Sicilian Mafia, recommended by Diego Gambetta

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