In 1992, Italy was convulsed by two brazen mafia assassinations-Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, the Sicilian magistrates who had supervised the most devastating anti-mafia campaign in 50 years. Combining an understanding of the doomed heroes with insights into the mafia's stringent codes, Stille gives readers the secret history of contemporary Italy | Excellent Cadavers by Alexander Stille, Paperback | Indigo Chapters