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Beauty and the Inferno : Essays

ISBN: 9781844679508 | 1844679500
Edition: 00
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: VERSO
Pub. Date: 9/17/2012

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SummaryTable of Contents
Gomorrah, Roberto Saviano's 2006 expose of the Camorra mafia of Naples, became an international bestseller and was made into an award-winning film. But the death threats that followed also sent him into hiding, from which he is just emerging. Beauty and the Inferno, Saviano's first book since Gomorrah, ranges in subject from his meeting with the real-life Donnie Brasco, to thelegendary South African jazz singer Miriam Makeba; and from sharing the Nobel Academy platform with Salman Rushdie, to life on the run. But present throughout each essay i... MORE
Preface: The Dangers of Readingp. 3
South
Letter to My Landp. 19
Miriam Makeba: The Anger of the Brotherhoodp. 34
From Scampia to Cannesp. 38
Fighting Evil with Artp. 50
Truth, Despite All Else, Existsp. 54
When the Earth Shudders, Cement Killsp. 61
Men
Brittle Bonesp. 71
Pl... MOREp. 80
Tatanka Skatenatop. 91
The Man That Was Donnie Brascop. 107
Siani, a True Journalistp. 121
The Lighthouse Keeperp. 126
In the Name of the Law and the Daughterp. 131
Feliciap. 136
Business
The Magnificent Merchandisep. 141
Constructing, Conqueringp. 156
The Plague and Goldp. 169
War
Vollmann Syndromep. 179
Apocalypse Vietnamp. 185
Today Is Yours Foreverp. 194
North
The Ghosts of Nobelp. 205
Speech at the Swedish Academyp. 215
The Demon and Lifep. 224
The infinite Conjecturep. 235
Never Again in a World Apartp. 245
He Who Writes Diesp. 255
Acknowledgementsp. 270
Sourcesp. 275
Glossaryp. 278
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