{"product_id":"twilight-of-the-godfathers-the-strange-death-of-the-sicilian-mafia-isbn-9781541704572","title":"Twilight of the Godfathers: The Strange Death of the Sicilian Mafia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe gripping story of how Sicily won its bloody war with the mafia, but succumbed to corruption, fury, and paranoia. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 150 years, the mafia—aka Cosa Nostra—controlled the island of Sicily ruthlessly. As its politicians raked off vast wealth from public funds and its racketeers leeched money from business, its roving traffickers fed America’s heroin habit. The authorities were cowed or corrupted. The mafia murdered with impunity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut today, the world’s most storied criminal brotherhood is trapped in a death spiral.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTwilight of the Godfathers\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed historian John Dickie tells the thrilling inside story of how the Sicilian mafia was humbled. How the mightiest bosses have been hunted down. How hundreds of mafiosi have turned witnesses for the state. How the mafia’s territorial structure has been ravaged. How the transatlantic bridge to Cosa Nostra’s American sister organization has collapsed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet \u003ci\u003eTwilight of the Godfathers\u003c\/i\u003e is also a tale with a dark side. Sicily is haunted by its savage past. As the mafia has retreated, the void has been filled by infighting and shameless corruption. And an island in thrall to conspiracy delusions has convinced itself that Cosa Nostra has morphed into a far deadlier menace lurking at the very heart of the state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeating the mafia was never supposed to be this way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52119358079205,"sku":"NP9781541704572","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/twilight-of-the-godfathers-the-strange-death-of-the-sicilian-mafia-isbn-9781541704572","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}