Description
Book SynopsisThe author of the bestselling COSA NOSTRA explores the previously underexposed mafias of Southern Italy.
Trade Review'Readable history'. *
TLS *
REVIEWS FOR BLOOD BROTHERHOODS (THE HARDBACK EDITION): * . *
His narrative bowls along, powered by the sort of muscular prose one associates with great detective fiction. An exhilarating history. *
Financial Times *
'Exciting and well-written, it plays out like a 19th-century
Sopranos'. *
Shortlist *
Both fine social history and hair-raising true crime, this account of the Italian underworld clans tells a grimly fascinating tale. *
Independent *
Combines his trademark of scholarly documentation with a rattling good read. * Matthew Fort *
Chilling but essential reading if you want to understand the mindset of the darkest elements of Italian life. * RTE Guide *
By shining a light so powerfully into the darkest recesses of mafia mythology and history, Dickie's new book will certainly provide a concrete tool in the anti-mafia struggle to which many Italians and Calabrians in Australia and Italy are passionately committed. *
Australian Literary Review *
'enthralling ... chillingly charts the birth and rise of all three of Italy's mafias'. * Dr John Guy *
Magisterial ... absorbing. * The Scotsman *
BLOOD BROTHERHOODS is almost certainly the most ambitious true-crime assignment ever. The result is a stunning success: a sprawling, powerful historical narrative that is the definitive story of Sicily's Mafia, the Camorra of Naples, and Calabria's 'Ndrangheta. * The
Adelaide Advertiser *
