A book that is both enlightening and frightening at the same time. The global scope that Glenny covers is huge and works against the book in a way. It reads very much like a world tour of crime, and the linkages or continuity between sections (criminal organizations in one region vs the next one tha...
bookshelves: autumn-2015, radio-4, published-2015, brazil, journalism, gangsters, rid-the-world-of-tyrants, rio-de-janeiro, recreational-drugs, recreational-homicide, nonfiction, slit-yer-wrists-gloomy, south-americas, sleazy, filthy-lucre Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from September 0...
I got interested in this book when a good friend of mine and a colleague mentioned that he's reading it. The pure mention of subject made me interested. However, my friend warned me that he was hooked at the beginning but soon started struggling with it. Confusing characters, skipping from one to an...
Written like a thriller. More scary though as it is true! Well worth a read if you are interested in internet stories and crime.