{"product_id":"the-honored-society-petra-reski-9781568589732","title":"The Honored Society: A Portrait of Italy's Most Powerful Mafia","description":"In the early hours of an August 2007 morning a gunfight broke out in an Italian restaurant in Duisburg, Germany; in less than five minutes over seventy shots were fired into the bodies of six men. Both the victims and the assassins were members of the 'Ndrangheta crime organization. Calabria's Mafia had brazenly shown its savage influence outside Italy for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Honored Society\u003c\/i\u003e award-winning investigative reporter Petra Reski reveals the Mafia menace lurking throughout the world-- from espresso bars in Palermo to European halls of parliament to the corporate headquarters of enormous agricultural firms. In haunting and exquisite prose she explores the Byzantine structure of the 'Ndrangheta, Cosa Nostra and other mafia clans throughout Italy -- the code they live by, the destruction they wreak, how they operate within the country and how they operate internationally. She shows how these syndicates dominate everything from nuclear waste disposal to hotel chains to the marijuana trade in Australia and cocaine trafficked throughout the world. Reski shows how figures such as Silvio Berlusconi were made by the Mafia, and how those who dared to defy its codes were broken. A searing portrait of the criminals who have come to control not only Italy but vast swathes of the globe, \u003ci\u003eThe Honored Society\u003c\/i\u003e is a journalistic tour de force.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Petra Reski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1568589735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781568589732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bold Type Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/19\/2012 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2013 pg. 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/31\/2013 pg. 23","brand":"Petra Reski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980107809023,"sku":"9781568589732","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_493569cc-5d71-4bec-b0d2-596130236550.jpg?v=1683248437","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-honored-society-petra-reski-9781568589732","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}