Attilio Bolzoni

Sono voci che provengono da un altro mondo. Portano sempre un messaggio. Parlano di moralità e famiglia, affari e delitti, regole, amori, amicizie tradite, di religione e Dio, soldi e potere, di vita e di morte. Questo libro è il resoconto di un viaggio fra gli uomini che popolano i territori mafiosi. Un inventario dei loro pensieri e dei loro "ragionamenti". Dal maxiprocesso di Palermo dell'inverno 1986 agli ultimi picciotti reclutati nelle borgate, da Tommaso Buscetta e Luciano Liggio alle scorribande di Totò Riina e dei suoi figli, dai lussi dell'Ucciardone al ritorno degli "scappati". Non è solo un linguaggio e non è solo un codice quello di mafia: è esercizio d'intelligenza, raffinato calcolo. Diceva Giovanni Falcone: "Conoscendo gli uomini d'onore ho imparato che le logiche mafiose non sono mai sorpassate né incomprensibili, sono in realtà le logiche del potere e sempre funzionali a uno scopo. In certi momenti, questi mafiosi mi sembrano gli unici esseri razionali in un mondo popolato da folli. Anche Sciascia sosteneva che in Sicilia si nascondono i cartesiani peggiori".

Parole d'onore

Guiseppe d' Avanzo

Il est celui qui a porté les paysans de Corleone jusqu’aux sommets du gouvernement mafieux. On lui doit d’avoir réécrit les règles du jeu entre la mafia et l’État ainsi qu’entre les familles elles mêmes. Dans les années 90, Toto Riina avait définitivement transformé Cosa Nostra en « Cosa Riina ». Sa Cause et sa Chose. Criminel du plus haut niveau, personnalité énigmatique, ignorant doté pourtant d’une intelligence vive et intuitive, il est soupçonné d’avoir commandité les meurtres de près de mille personnes, magistrats, juges, hauts fonctionnaires..., et d’être personnellement l’auteur d’une quarantaine d’assassinats. Sa chute, après vingt années de cavale, pouvait faire croire que l’aventure était close. Pour révéler les secrets de son ascension, Attilio Bolzoni et Giuseppe d’Avanzo sont devenus des familiers de ses terres, se sont entretenus avec ses proches, ceux qui l’ont connu, combattu, trahi, jugé. Car aujourd’hui encore, on continue de le craindre. A Corleone, tout est resté comme avant. Attilio Bolzoni et Giuseppe D’Avanzo reporters à la Repubblica figurent parmi les journalistes les plus accrédités d’Italie.

Toto Riina le maître de cosa nostra

Le serpent

Giuseppe D'Avanzo

Il est celui qui a porté les paysans de Corleone jusqu aux sommets du gouvernement mafieux. On lui doit d'avoir réécrit les règles du jeu entre la mafia et l'État ainsi qu'entre les familles elles-mêmes. Dans les années 90, Toto Riina avait définitivement transformé Cosa Nostra en " Cosa Riina " Sa Cause et sa Chose. Criminel du plus haut niveau, personnalité énigmatique, ignorant doté pourtant d'une intelligence vive et intuitive, il est soupçonné d'avoir commandité les meurtres de près de mille personnes, magistrats, juges, hauts fonctionnaires..., et d'être personnellement l'auteur d'une quarantaine d'assassinats. Sa chute, après vingt années de cavale, pouvait faire croire que l'aventure était close. Pour révéler les secrets de son ascension, Attilio Bolzoni et Giuseppe d'Avanzo sont devenus des familiers de ses terres, se sont entretenus avec ses proches, ceux qui l'ont connu, combattu, trahi, jugé. Car aujourd'hui encore, on continue de le craindre. À Corleone, tout est resté comme avant.

Toto Riina, le maître de Cosa Nostra

Le Serpent

This is the true story of Totò Riina, the Cosa Nostra boss who rose from nothing to become the most powerful man in Sicily. The picture emerges of a bloodthirsty, power-hungry monster who, despite his lowly beginnings, is able to outmanoeuvre the other Mafia chiefs and take control of the organisation. However, the story is not just that of Riina, but also of Sicily itself. D'Avanzo and Bolzoni have transformed a complex series of events spanning several decades into a gripping narrative. In prison for 18 years now, Totò Riina still remains the dictator of the Cosa Nostra. This book tells the haunting and disturbing tale, with thorough investigation and testimony of the Sicilian Corleone.

The Life of the Infamous Toto Riina Dreaded Head of the Sicilian Mafia

The Boss of Bosses

FAQ mafia

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.

The Sicilian Mafia in Their Own Words

White Shotgun

rapporto '96

Mafie e antimafia

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.

Attilio Bolzoni

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