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Suburra / Carlo Bonini & Giancarlo De Cataldo ; translated from the Italian by Antony Shugaar.

by Bonini, Carlo, 1967-

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Europa Editions, 2017.

Mafia -- Fiction.

Gangsters -- Fiction.

Organized crime -- Fiction.

Political corruption -- Fiction.

Italy -- Fiction.

9781609454074 (trade pbk.)

Suburra. English

521 p. ; 21 cm.

Translated from the Italian.

"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. Orchestral in its movement and sweeping in its ambition, Suburra is a compelling, provocative portrait of contemporary Rome--a city prey to pitiless criminal factions and political opportunism. Suburra has already been adapted into a critically acclaimed Italian film and soon to be a Netflix Original Series."--From publisher.

Suspense fiction.

Italian fiction -- Translations into English.

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