In 2011, Ostia is the subject of a giant real estate project intended to make the harbor of Ancient Rome the Las Vegas of today. But the place soon becomes a battlefield where criminals and politicians either join forces cynically or fight each other ruthlessly. The infernal showdown will last seven days, claiming many lives.—Guy Bellinger
gangster, mafia boss, politician, prostitute, corrupt businessman, dead person, suspenseful, thrilling, brooding, profound, spectacular, rome, corruption, abuse of power, sex, murder, drugs, prostitution, rescue, rivalry, revenge, rise, fall, 2010s
Sollima pulls this together into a slick, polished whole, marked by an energy and focus that allows him to travel through Suburra's various intersecting threads of exploitation, dominance and moral train-wrecks.
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