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Zero Zero Zero
Zero Zero Zero | Roberto Saviano
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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 narco-traffic 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 'Italy's bravest investigative writer ... must-read 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
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MariaMC
Zero Zero Zero | Roberto Saviano
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Must read on the Mafia operations!

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kristinshafel
ZeroZeroZero | Roberto Saviano
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Wow, this book. The research and amount of detail is staggering. Saviano exposes every aspect of the global cocaine industry, from production to shipping to distribution. It's expected, but still somehow mind-boggling the money, creativity, and violence involved. Just as compelling and intense as Saviano's previous book, Gomorrah.

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JenP
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#cocaine #rockinmay I won this in a giveaway last year and it will also be my "z" book for #litsyatoz

Accompanied by my only addiction, coffee (if we don't include books as an addiction)

Cinfhen My hubby will probably love this read, he just read and loved 7y
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Oblomov26
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In this book an Italian investigative journalist examines the current state of cocaine production and how it reached this point and a nasty, violent dispiriting story it is. From the days of the Colombian cartels through to the Mexican crime gangs and dealing networks across the world, but also importantly the end users, the relatively rich in the developed countries. A book which has convinced me even more that the war on drugs is a dead end.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I felt that way after reading The New Jim Crow, and how we've prioritized the criminalization of that war. This sounds like another one I need to read. 8y
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AlexandraGriffin
ZeroZeroZero | Roberto Saviano
Mehso-so

It covers a pretty wide range of the cocaine trade history, but the bulk of the story focuses on people other than Escobar and the time period after the 80s.

The author didn't have a very clear stance, or perhaps the audiobook narrator muddied it. But the author seemed to revere the drug, and didn't seem scornful or feel much horror over the vicious violence of the cartels.

Overall, quite interesting, the end dragged a bit. ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 of 5.

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AlexandraGriffin
ZeroZeroZero | Roberto Saviano

I'm about 31% into this book and it reads like a love letter to cocaine and has a reverent awe for extreme me, excessive violence. Or maybe that's just the way the narrator for this audiobook reads it.

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AlexandraGriffin
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Dmperez57
ZeroZeroZero | Roberto Saviano
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Author of "Gomorrah" takes a look at the larger issue of drug trafficking through its most persistent product, cocaine. Savianos style may be quirky to some but given its length and breadth I found it well worth the read.