Roberto Saviano

Immersing myself in drug stories is the only perspective that has allowed me to truly understand things. Observing human weaknesses, the physiology of power, the fragility of relationships, the inconsistency of bonds, the colossal force of money and ferocity. The absolute impotence of all the teachings that emphasized beauty and justice, the very ones I had absorbed. I realized that cocaine was the axis around which everything revolved. The wound had only one name: Cocaine. The world map was indeed drawn by oil, the black oil we're used to talking about, but also by white oil, as the Nigerian godfathers call it. The world map is drawn by fuel, the fuel of morals and bodies. "Oil is the fuel for engines, coke for bodies." After Gomorrah, Roberto Saviano continues his investigative and reflective work on organized crime. But this time, he steps outside the Italian context to think on a global scale. Where does crime get its strength? How did the global economy overcome the 2008 financial crisis? The answer is simple: thanks to cocaine money, white oil. To understand this, Extra Pure invites us on a journey from Mexico to Russia, from Colombia to Nigeria, passing through the United States, Spain, France, and, of course, Italy and the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta. Throughout this exploration, the author recounts, with unparalleled epic power, what criminal clans are all over the world. And he goes even further, because he ruthlessly dismantles the entire workings of the economy. Extra Pure is neither an investigation nor an essay, neither a novel nor a An autobiographical account, but all of that at once and much more. For Roberto Saviano, it is also an opportunity to open up, to confide, to speak with gravity and sincerity about danger and solitude, the desire to lead a life like others and the determination to continue his fight.