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Excellent Cadavers

The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic

By Alexander Stille

By Alexander Stille

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Aug 06, 1996 | ISBN 9780679768630

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About Excellent Cadavers

In 1992 Italy was convulsed by two brazen Mafia assassinations of high-ranking officials. The latest "excellent cadavers" were Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, the Sicilian magistrates who had been the Cosa Nostra’s most implacable enemies. Yet in the aftermath of the murders, hundreds of "men of honor" were arrested and the government that ad protected them for nearly half a century was at last driven from office. This is the story that Stille tells with such insight and immediacy in Excellent Cadavers. Combining a profound understanding of his doomed heroes with and unprecedented look into the Mafia’s stringent codes and murderous rivalries, he gives us a book that has the power of a great work of history and the suspense of a true thriller.


"Riveting…a well-paced and highly informative account stocked with well-drawn characters."–Philadelphia Inquirer


"Masterful…[Stille] delivers a stiletto-sharp portrait of the bloodthirsty Sicilian mafia."–Business Week

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About Alexander Stille

Alexander Stille is the author of The Future of the Past, Excellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic, and Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascism, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is a frequent… More about Alexander Stille

Product Details

Category: European World History | Politics

Paperback | $17.95
Published by Vintage
Aug 06, 1996 | 480 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679768630
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