It has been estimated that, at one time, almost one-sixth of Italy's economy could be attributed to graft. In 1992, when the money stopped flowing, and the system finally collapsed, Frei was there to cover every wrinkle of this event for the BBC. Here he describes what happened when the Italians finally decided to pull the plug.
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It has been estimated that, at one time, almost one-sixth of Italy's economy could be attributed to graft. In 1992, when the money stopped flowing, and the system finally collapsed, Frei was there to cover every wrinkle of this event for the BBC. Here he describes what happened when the Italians finally decided to pull the plug.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7; Type: Hardback First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. In the wake of a massive corruption scandal called "Tangentopoli", Italy faces shrugging off a thousand year tradition of political corruption. The rigid party politics for four decades was shattered by corruption and the end of communism. When communism collapsed, the Italian State collapsed with it. Matt Frei explores how Tangentopoli came to be built--and along the way discovers what makes Italians Italian. He has captured and recounted the ineffable qualities that make Italy and her people what they are, with a riveting account of eccentric characters and improbable events, all of them true. And it is an outstanding account of what happens when a people and their government part company. Bound in gray half cloth w/silver titles, ivory boards, clean, upper and lower edges of panels rubbed, top edge of text block lightly foxed. Tight and solid binding. Front end paper and flyleaf have a one inch wrinkle on the fore edge of the pages, otherwise internals clean and unmarked, no creases. Clean, unmarked, unclipped jacket is lightly ruffled around spine ends and nearby edges. 273 pages. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Time Books/Random House, USA 1995.
