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Gomorrah is both a bold and engrossing piece of investigative writing and one heroic young mans impassioned story of a place under the rule of a murderous organization with a preface to mark the ten year anniversary of publication, roberto savianos groundbreaking and utterly compelling book is a major international bestseller which has to date sold 750,000 copies in italy alone. For standing next to me was roberto saviano, the young italian writer whose book, gomorrah, detailing the misery of life with the camorra, the. Roberto saviano napoli, 1979ko irailaren 22a kazetari eta idazle italiar bat da. Roberto savianos most popular book is the stranger. The book starts with a chapter that could just fit into a modern godfathermovie. The italian journalist rose to fame in 2006 when, at just 26 years old, he published his book gomorrah, which exposed the crimes. The series stars andrea riseborough, dane dehaan and gabriel byrne as the american lynwood family, controlling an international shipping company which acts as cocaine broker. Welcome to roberto savianos official youtube channel. Download read zerozerozero 20 by roberto saviano in. In 2011 he was awarded the pen pinter international writer of courage award. In his writings, including articles and his book gomorrah his debut that brought him fame, he uses literature and investigative reporting to tell of the economic reality of the territory and business of the camorra crime syndicate and of organized crime more generally. He is a writer and producer, known for gomorrah 2008, piranhas 2019 and gomorra.
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