{"product_id":"mafia-inside-the-dark-heart","title":"Mafia: Inside the Dark Heart (RARE BOOKS)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe pre-dawn arrests of the last remaining mafiosi in December 2008 signalled the end of the Sicilian Mafia as we know it. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMafia: Inside the Dark Heart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, A.G.D. Maran charts the complete history of the world's most infamous criminal organisation, from its first incarnation as an alternative form of local government in the Sicilian countryside and arguable force for 'Used' to the more familiar form that has been immortalised in films such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, and its final defeat after a long-awaited change of attitude by the Italian government.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe author has used his many Italian contacts and a decade of exhaustive research to bring to life the story of the Sicilian Mafia while also exploring the links to the Cosa Nostra in America. Along the way, he asks many provocative questions, including:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• Why was Lucky Luciano, the father of modern organised crime, freed from a life sentence in America and deported to Italy, allowing him to organise the international drug trade?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• Was the Mafia involved in the death of Pope John Paul I?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• Why did the Mafia murder Roberto Calvi, known as God's Banker?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• What is the relationship between the Mafia and Freemasonry?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• Why did successive Italian governments fail to tackle the Mafia?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• Why did it take 40 years to find the Last Godfathers?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese and many other riveting issues are covered in Maran's refreshing New take on a perennially enthralling subject.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Best of used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":44276322631937,"sku":"2PZ2CC9VL-Used","price":499.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/products\/Mafia.jpg?v=1652255643","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/mafia-inside-the-dark-heart","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}