Zero Zero Zero

Zero Zero Zero

by RobertoSaviano (Author), Roberto Saviano (Author)

Synopsis

From the international bestselling author of Gomorrah, this searing expose 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).

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Format: paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Published:

ISBN 10: 1846147700
ISBN 13: 9781846147708
Book Overview: This is an unforgettable story that goes around the globe and through every level of society to show the extent to which the drug trade affects us all.

Media Reviews
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 *
Impassioned . . . a literary style that switches from vivid descriptions of human depravity to a philosophical consideration of the meaning of violence in the modern world. -- Misha Glenny * Financial Times *
Vivid . . . lands a resounding thump to the solar plexus * Economist *
A powerful work of reportage . . . it goes to the heart of the financial sector's dependence on drug capital and its depredations -- Ian Thomson * Telegraph *
After reading Saviano, it becomes impossible to see Italy, and the global market, in the same way again. * The New York Times *
Saviano is a blazingly vivid and courageous writer. * Independent *
Saviano has an astonishing ability to write luminously yet subtly about terrible things. * Le Parisien *
A national hero. * Umberto Eco *
Brave and passionate * Guardian *
Saviano should be commended for his bravery, and supported by all who share his revulsion. * Observer *
Author Bio
Roberto Saviano is an Italian journalist and the author of several books including Zero Zero Zero and the international bestseller Gomorrah, which has sold over ten million copies in fifty languages worldwide. He has been living under police protection since October 2006, following threats received from the criminal organizations that he denounced. In November 2008 Saviano was invited by the Nobel Committee in Stockholm to give a lecture on 'Freedom of Speech and Lawless Violence'.