Cosa Nostra

Critically acclaimed as a definitive history, John Dickie's *Cosa Nostra* offers a fascinating, violent, and darkly comic look into the Sicilian Mafia. Drawing on startling new research, Dickie reveals the secret society's true origins, inner workings, and how it evolved into an international cultural phenomenon. Readers encounter notorious real-life figures, including Antonio Giammona, the first "boss of bosses"; New York detective Joe Petrosino, whose underestimation of the Mafia cost him his life; and Bernard "the Tractor" Provenzano, in hiding since 1963.

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