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 * Impassioned . . . a literary style that switches from vivid descriptions of human depravity to a philosophical consideration of the meaning of violence in the modern world. -- Misha Glenny * Financial Times * Vivid . . . lands a resounding thump to the solar plexus * Economist * A powerful work of reportage . . . it goes to the heart of the financial sector's dependence on drug capital and its depredations -- Ian Thomson * Telegraph * After reading Saviano, it becomes impossible to see Italy, and the global market, in the same way again. * The New York Times * Saviano is a blazingly vivid and courageous writer. * Independent * Saviano has an astonishing ability to write luminously yet subtly about terrible things. * Le Parisien * A national hero. * Umberto Eco * Brave and passionate * Guardian * Saviano should be commended for his bravery, and supported by all who share his revulsion. * Observer *