{"product_id":"the-sack-of-rome-isbn-9780143112105","title":"The Sack of Rome","description":"Award-winning author Alexander Stille has been called \"one of the best English-language writers on Italy\" by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and in \u003ci\u003eThe Sack of Rome\u003c\/i\u003e he sets out to answer the question: What happens when vast wealth, a virtual media monopoly, and acute shamelessness combine in one man? Many are the crimes of Silvio Berlusconi, Stille argues, and, with deft analysis, he weaves them into a single mesmerizing chronicle—an epic saga of rank criminality, cronyism, and self-dealing at the highest levels of power.A frightening case study . . . that has plenty of bearing on our own media-driven politics. (\u003ci\u003eBusinessWeek\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a sharp knife and a clear eye, Stille . . . has dissected the remarkable, revolting story of the rise of the former (and future?) prime minister of Italy, and the political-cultural revolution that he has fathered, for good and mostly for bad. . . . Fascinating. (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis riveting, unsparing biography is not merely an exposT of Berlusconi but a vivid lesson in how, under the right conditions, any man of wealth and few scruples can manipulate an entire nation. (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003ci\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAlexander Stille is the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Future of the Past\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eExcellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eBenevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascism\u003c\/b\u003e, which won the \u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e Book Award. He is a frequent contributor to \u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e, and other publications.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305030308069,"sku":"NP9780143112105","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143112105.jpg?v=1767741305","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-sack-of-rome-isbn-9780143112105","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}