An extraordinary look inside the mind of the men of cosa nostra Lupara bianca ('White Shotgun') -- an Italian term that refers to a Mafia-style killing, in which no trace of the victim can be found. For thirty years, prize-winning Sicilian journalist Attilio Bolzoni has reported on the shadowy activities of Cosa Nostra. Now, for the first time, he has collected together a powerful anthology of rare interviews, court proceedings and transcripts of phone taps that together capture the essence of this most hidden of secret societies. From the 'traditional' Mafia of the early 20th Century to the 'Maxi' show-trials of the 1980s and beyond, White Shotgun is both a history of modern Sicilian crime, and a book about the twisted logic and language of Cosa Nostra. From the most humble of foot soldiers to famous pentiti ('grasses') and top-level Bosses, this is a portrait of the men who live by a code of silence -- in their own words.

White Shotgun: The Sicilian Mafia in Their Own Words

Biographies & Memoirs

Bolzoni, Attilio

True Crime

Pan/Macmillan

A searing journey into the world of the Sicilian mafia, in their own words
Lupara bianca (White Shotgun)—an Italian term that refers to a Mafia-style killing, in which no trace of the victim can be found. 
For 30 years, prize-winning Sicilian journalist Attilio Bolzoni has reported on the shadowy activities of Cosa Nostra. Now, for the first time, he has collected a powerful anthology of rare interviews, court proceedings, and transcripts of phone taps that together capture the essence of this most hidden of secret societies. From the "traditional" Mafia of the early 20th Century to the "Maxi" show-trials of the 1980s and beyond, this book is both a history of modern Sicilian crime, and an explanation of the twisted logic and language of Cosa Nostra. From the most humble of foot soldiers to famous pentiti (snitches) and top-level Bosses, this is a portrait of the men who live by a code of silence—in their own words.

White Shotgun

Pan Books

The Boss of Bosses: The Life of the Infamous Toto Riina Dreaded Head of the Sicilian Mafia

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In the fields of a forgotten post-war Sicily, an obsession with power was growing; Salvatore 'Totò' Riina, the shrewd peasant Corleone, became the boss of bosses and Palermo was conquered, one crime at a time. With his small army of assassins, he seized control of the most formidable mafia in the world and began an attack on the state: bombs, massacres and bloody conflicts initiated by a man who thought he was invincible. 
Until 1992 and the murders of Falcone and Borsellino. Then Riina was captured after nearly a quarter of a century on the run, an event still shrouded in controversy. Now in prison for over twenty years, Totò Riina remains the dictator of the Cosa Nostra from behind bars. Through the genuine testimony of the Sicilian Corleone, this a tale of desperate poverty, power and bloodshed - and one man's fight to rule supreme.

D'Avanzo, Giuseppe

Il capo dei capi: Vita e carriera criminale di Totò Riina (Frecce) (Italian Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

A. Mondadori

La giustizia è cosa nostra: Il caso Carnevale tra delitti e impunità (Frecce) (Italian Edition)

Il capo dei capi (Italian Edition)

History

Crainz, Guido

Europe

BUR Biblioteca Univerzale Rizzoli

Che cosa è la mafia? Da quanto esiste la mafia? Quando spara? Quando tace? Come uccide e come pensa. Com'era e com'è. Le sue leggi i suoi riti, le sue donne, i suoi capi. E i suoi misteri. Dai silenzi di una Palermo "felicissima" alla morte di Giovanni Falcone e di Paolo stragi di mafia ma non solo di mafia. Attilio Bolzoni risponde alle domande più semplici e a quelle dimenticate, presentando un ritratto lucido e aggiornato di Cosa Nostra e dei suoi intrecci con la politica e gli apparati. Patti e ricatti, latitanze infinite, depistaggi di Stato. Un lungo viaggio dentro e intorno alla mafia siciliana. Come è stata difesa dalla Chiesa. Come è entrata nella finanza. Come è stata raccontata dalla letteratura e dal giornalismo. Come l'hanno rappresentata il cinema e la tivù. La trama, lunga un secolo e mezzo, di un'associazione segreta sempre favorita dal potere.

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