{"product_id":"the-sack-of-rome-media-money-celebrity-power-silvio-berlusconi-9780143112105","title":"The Sack of Rome: Media + Money + Celebrity = Power = Silvio Berlusconi","description":"Award-winning author Alexander Stille has been called \"one of the best English-language writers on Italy\" by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and in \u003ci\u003eThe Sack of Rome\u003c\/i\u003e he sets out to answer the question: What happens when vast wealth, a virtual media monopoly, and acute shamelessness combine in one man? Many are the crimes of Silvio Berlusconi, Stille argues, and, with deft analysis, he weaves them into a single mesmerizing chronicle--an epic saga of rank criminality, cronyism, and self-dealing at the highest levels of power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Stille\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.56w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143112105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/19\/2007 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Stille is the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Future of the Past\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eExcellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eBenevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascism\u003c\/b\u003e, which won the \u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e Book Award. He is a frequent contributor to \u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e, and other publications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45134654734451,"sku":"9780143112105","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_c2f66955-2e34-41e2-8765-17fcb27ca1f9.jpg?v=1782389193","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-sack-of-rome-media-money-celebrity-power-silvio-berlusconi-9780143112105","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}