God Protect Me From My Friends
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and rubbing at edges and corners. Page Condition: Likely yellowed with age. Markings: Name penned on fep.
A gripping work of narrative non-fiction, God Protect Me from My Friends chronicles the extraordinary life of Salvatore Giuliano, the Sicilian bandit who became a folk hero, political pawn, and ultimately a tragic victim of the very forces that once championed him. Gavin Maxwell reconstructs Giuliano's meteoric rise through the turbulent post-war landscape of Sicily with a journalist's precision and a storyteller's flair, unravelling the complex web of loyalty, betrayal, and corruption that defined the island's relationship with the Mafia, the Church, and the Italian state. The narrative argues compellingly that Giuliano's legend was not simply born of criminality, but of a people's desperate hunger for justice in a land where justice had long been for sale. Rich in atmosphere and political insight, the book stands as both a vivid portrait of mid-century Sicily and a devastating indictment of systemic treachery.
Author: Gavin Maxwell
Format: Hardback
Published: 1957, RU
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and rubbing at edges and corners. Page Condition: Likely yellowed with age. Markings: Name penned on fep.
A gripping work of narrative non-fiction, God Protect Me from My Friends chronicles the extraordinary life of Salvatore Giuliano, the Sicilian bandit who became a folk hero, political pawn, and ultimately a tragic victim of the very forces that once championed him. Gavin Maxwell reconstructs Giuliano's meteoric rise through the turbulent post-war landscape of Sicily with a journalist's precision and a storyteller's flair, unravelling the complex web of loyalty, betrayal, and corruption that defined the island's relationship with the Mafia, the Church, and the Italian state. The narrative argues compellingly that Giuliano's legend was not simply born of criminality, but of a people's desperate hunger for justice in a land where justice had long been for sale. Rich in atmosphere and political insight, the book stands as both a vivid portrait of mid-century Sicily and a devastating indictment of systemic treachery.