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Bonini, Carlo,
1967-
Suburra
English.
Suburra /
Carlo Bonini & Giancarlo De Cataldo ; translated from the Italian by Antony Shugaar.
New York, N.Y. :
Europa Editions,
2017.
521 pages ;
22 cm.
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World noir
World noir
"Suburra takes a deep dive into a politically and financially corrupt contemporary Italy, where a mighty local crime family, the Mafia, corrupt politicians, and new rabid criminal elements battle each other for control of a glittering prize--control over a multibillion dollar development twenty miles from the Italian capital. During the final days of Silvio Berlusconi's reign, a massive development proposal that will turn the depressed coastal settlement of Ostia into a gambling paradise, a Las Vegas on the Mediterranean, is winding its way through the Italian legislature thanks to the sponsorship of politicians in the pay of crime syndicates. It's business as usual in the Italian capital. Or so it seems. A vicious gang of local thugs loyal to nobody but themselves is insisting on a bigger cut than agreed upon. The Mafia and their political puppets aren't going to back down without a fight."--
Provided by publisher.
20180122.
Political corruption
Italy
Fiction.
Organized crime
Italy
Fiction.
Rome (Italy)
Fiction.
Noir fiction.
De Cataldo, Giancarlo,
1956-
Shugaar, Antony,
translator.
World noir.
World noir.
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