reread in preparation of a future book, still entertaining to read a short summary of the XIX-XX century history of (political) corruption in Italy, however short and limited in scope

even more interesting when read 20+ years after it was published, and almost a decade since I last read it

for a more extensive and supranational history of corruption, have a look at Noonan's https://www.librarything.com/work/5782251/book/79678529 ( )