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yes, I remember the book, I think the subtlety and what Saviano was attempting to do was lost a bit in the translation, I assumed the book was supposed to be more than a book about the Napolitan mafia and the commora and corruption. I thought there was something more to glean about Italian culture and philosophy, but I struggled to access it
Not that this other book does it, Tobias Jones is more about the Elisa Basso Berlusconi bung bunga glamour model culture
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/jan/11/highereducation.news2
that which Paolo Sorrentino also skewers in his last two features
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Cannibal72 said:On the subject of comparing illegal drugs and PEDs, I remember seeing somewhere that the Mafia had significant involvement in the distribution of EPO in Italy in the 1990s. According to Roberto Saviano's excellent book Gomorrah, the Camorra now gets most of its money from its control of the narcotics trade in Italy: they also control the supply routes of many illicit substances (especially cocaine, I believe) into Europe as a whole. I wonder what role organised crime now has in PED distribution. I can't imagine it would compare to the power they receive from their stranglehold on narcotics.
yes, I remember the book, I think the subtlety and what Saviano was attempting to do was lost a bit in the translation, I assumed the book was supposed to be more than a book about the Napolitan mafia and the commora and corruption. I thought there was something more to glean about Italian culture and philosophy, but I struggled to access it
Not that this other book does it, Tobias Jones is more about the Elisa Basso Berlusconi bung bunga glamour model culture
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/jan/11/highereducation.news2
that which Paolo Sorrentino also skewers in his last two features
white belt = trash blanc
silicon accessories sub dermal
large leather belt fit for a rodeo or spaghetti western