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`A journey across five continents... attempt(ing) to get to grips with the astonishing growth of the shadow economy '.
--The Guardian
"a fascinating account of global organised crime" --The Scotsman
--The Guardian
"a fascinating account of global organised crime" --The Scotsman
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'a chilling world tour of organised crime.'
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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Book - Truly awful cover!,
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This review is from: McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime (Paperback)
I can't think what the publishers were thinking by putting such a garish, tasteless cover on this book. Are they trying to fool those who buy trashy crime novels? Anyone caught out in this way will possibly find the going a bit tough, even though this is an exteremely accessible book to those with half a brain (I modestly include myself in this category!)
The problem though is that possibly like me, anyone with said half a brain will be instantly put off by the cover and not give it a go. Well let me assure you; This book is a must read if you have any interest at all in current world events, real crime or just great journalism. This is scary stuff and serves to make the point that just about everything you touch nowadays is tainted somewhere along the line by death and corruption. Although written before the current credit crunch, mauch of the content here is uncannily prescient about where the world was going and may yet go. And there are some great stories in here for those "watercooler moments". Outdo those going on about "The Wire" with some real life horror stories out of this book. I am giving this book 6 stars but it has to lose one for THAT cover so see how I get to give this a 5 star review?
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting though lacking structure,
By Antioquia (London and Dublin) - See all my reviews
This review is from: McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime (Paperback)
This provides a good geography lesson of global organised crime and deals with about 40 countries, though many peripherally. The book intersperses detail with policy and it mostly works, though oddly the author demurs from providing a description of how triads dealt with Brazilian informers and other deliberate narratives are also short on detail. There were some oddities such as the omission of maps and the photograph of Mia Mista is not specifically referred to in the book itself. The book feels like it lacks structure as it sashays across the globe and the section on the future of organised crime is tiny. The staged cover photographs grated after a while but all in all it is a good engrossing book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Title, Pity About the Cover,
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This review is from: McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime (Paperback)
As other reviewers have pointed out, the cover is awful, must qualify for the accolade of Worst Cover of the Decade. One reason why it's so bad is because it gives a very poor picture of what the book is about. Whereas in contrast the title gives a concise and snappy description of exactly what the book is about, which is essentially the internationalisation and branding of high-level crime in the first decade of the 21st century - a McDonalds-ing of Mafia-ism, very clever.
You really need to read the book to get an idea of precisely what this means and how it has come about. I found Glenny's writing a bit disjointed and his grammar in need of some good copy-editing in places, so this is not an elegant or satisfying read, but he makes his points compellingly, it is journalistic information above all else. Whether his facts are thoroughly accurate, how am I to know? But whether they are are not, there's lots here to learn and ponder over.
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