- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Penguin (2 Jun 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0141017708
- ISBN-13: 978-0141017709
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Financial Times, 27 August 2004
Lane is ... best qualified to probe the business dealings of Berlusconi ... Undoubtedly a grimly fascinating period of post-war Italian history.
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As one of the first investigative journalists to publicly question Berlusconi's fitness for government, Economist writer David Lane sparked an uproar in Italy. Now, after years of research and using many unique documents and material, including numerous in-depth interviews with senior magistrates, top lawyers and a former President, he reveals the truth about Berlusconi's life and career: his dubiously acquired wealth and secret offshore companies; his shadowy business associates; his links with noted mafia figures; his extreme right-wing contacts and lingering sympathy for the high days of Italian Fascism; his scandalous manipulation of the legal system; and the staggering conflicts of interest that enable him to exploit his money and media to silence opposition.
Berlusconi's Shadow is also an exploration of the dark underside of Italy today: a nation still steeped in violence and corruption, where bribery and back-handers are commonplace and the Mafia seems unstoppable. It is a crisis which, Lane shows, matters now more than ever and we cannot afford to ignore.
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The author gives a parallel analysis of - at least - six themes: 1. Italian post-war history. 2. Berlusconi's personal history. 3. Berlusconi's political career (or pseudo career). 4. The general influence of the
mafia on Italian politics. 5. The organising of economic transactions carried out by persons co-operating with the mafia. 6. Legal problems in the fight against organized crime. These are all heavy subjects
and they are all relevant to Italian political life. The weakness of the book is that the subjects are discussed over only 292 pages (paperback edition). In my opinion the book should have been given
twice as many pages to cover the subjects that are taken up. Alternatively the author should have made heavy cuts in the manuscript - leaving out numerous details - to obtain a clear-cut and general
survey of the problems that are taken up. This book left me in a state of bewilderment: After having read an enormous number of details, I asked myself: To which conclusions are all these details
bringing me? However, my critical remarks should not hide the fact that the author undoubtedly has an enormous knowledge of Italian politics, its problems and personalities. This book has its qualities,
but also its shortcomings.
mafia on Italian politics. 5. The organising of economic transactions carried out by persons co-operating with the mafia. 6. Legal problems in the fight against organized crime. These are all heavy subjects
and they are all relevant to Italian political life. The weakness of the book is that the subjects are discussed over only 292 pages (paperback edition). In my opinion the book should have been given
twice as many pages to cover the subjects that are taken up. Alternatively the author should have made heavy cuts in the manuscript - leaving out numerous details - to obtain a clear-cut and general
survey of the problems that are taken up. This book left me in a state of bewilderment: After having read an enormous number of details, I asked myself: To which conclusions are all these details
bringing me? However, my critical remarks should not hide the fact that the author undoubtedly has an enormous knowledge of Italian politics, its problems and personalities. This book has its qualities,
but also its shortcomings.
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