Excellent Cadavers

Stille's *Excellent Cadavers* chronicles the 1992 Mafia assassinations of Sicilian magistrates Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino that convulsed Italy. This gripping account details these "excellent cadavers"—the Cosa Nostra's implacable enemies—the subsequent arrests of hundreds of "men of honor," and the fall of a government that had long protected them. Combining profound insight into these doomed heroes with an unprecedented look into the Mafia's stringent codes and murderous rivalries, the book delivers powerful history with true-thriller suspense.

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