From the international bestselling auhor of Gomorrah this searing exposé of dirty money and
the drug trade reveals how they are at the heart of our lives our economy and our world. 'The
most important book of the year ... Here it is laid bare: cartel as corporation corporation
as cartel cocaine as pure capitalism ... Saviano realises the brutal truth: that to understand
narco-traffic is to understand the modern world ... it is revolutionary' Ed Vulliamy Observer
'A dense dazzling dizzying narrative about the terrifying violence of the cocaine trade but
also the vast unassailable reach of it' Rose George Independent 'A tremendously gripping work
of reportage' Ian Thomson Evening Standard 'Italy's bravest investigative writer ... must-read
nonfiction' GQ 'Impassioned remarkable' Misha Glenny Financial Times 'After reading Saviano
it becomes impossible to see Italy and the global market in the same way again' The New York
Times
