by Antony Shugaar (Translator), Giancarlo De Cataldo (Author), Antony Shugaar (Translator), Giancarlo De Cataldo (Author), Giancarlo De Cataldo (Author)
It is 1977. A new force is terrorising Rome - a mob of reckless, ultraviolent youths known as La Banda della Magliana.
As the gang ruthlessly take control of Rome's heroin trade, they begin an inexorable rise to power. Banda della Magliana intend to own the streets of Rome - unless their internal struggles tear them apart.
Based on Rome's modern gangland history, Romanzo Criminale fearlessly confronts Italy's Age of Lead: war on the streets and terrorism, kidnappings and corruption at the highest levels of government.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 572
Edition: Main
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 03 Sep 2015
ISBN 10: 0857893726
ISBN 13: 9780857893727
Book Overview: Made into a hugely successful European television series, Romanzo Criminale tells the story of a man they call The Lebanese, a dangerous criminal with a single dream - to conquer the underworld of Rome.
Only when the story is over, when the book is closed, only then do you realize what a great story teller De Cataldo is: with the reader unaware, suspecting nothing, he paints little by little, page after page, the huge canvas representing a global failure. A failure concerning not only his characters but our whole society.
-- Andrea Camilleri, author of the Montalbano series * la Stampa *