White Shotgun

Lupara bianca White Shotgun an Italian term that refers to a Mafiastyle killing in which no trace of the victim can be found. For thirty years prizewinning Sicilian journalist Attilio Bolzoni has reported on the shadowy activities of Cosa Nostra. Now for the first time he has collected together a powerful anthology of rare interviews court proceedings and transcripts of phone taps that together capture the essence of this most hidden of secret societies. From the traditional Mafia of the early 20th Century to the Maxi showtrials of the 1980s and beyond White Shotgun is both a history of modern Sicilian crime and a book about the twisted logic and language of Cosa Nostra. From the most humble of foot soldiers to famous pentiti grasses and toplevel Bosses this is a portrait of the men who live by a code of silence in their own words.