From the international bestselling auhor of Gomorrah this searing expos of dirty money and the drug trade reveals how they are at the heart of our lives our economy and our world The most important book of the year Here it is laid bare cartel as corporation corporation as cartel cocaine as pure capitalism Saviano realises the brutal truth that to understand narcotraffic is to understand the modern world it is revolutionary Ed Vulliamy Observer A dense dazzling dizzying narrative about the terrifying violence of the cocaine trade but also the vast unassailable reach of it Rose George Independent A tremendously gripping work of reportage Ian Thomson Evening Standard Italys bravest investigative writer mustread nonfiction GQ Impassioned remarkable Misha Glenny Financial Times After reading Saviano it becomes impossible to see Italy and the global market in the same way again The New York Times