Mafia wants author dead by ChristmasPolice in Italy are looking into reports that the Naples mafia plans to carry out its threat to kill the author of the best-selling book Gomorrah, which has been made into a hit movie about mafia brutality, by Christmas.
Roberto Saviano, 29, has lived in hiding with 24-hour police protection for the past two years since the Camorra, as the mob in his hometown is known, decided to punish him for the huge success of his book, which is based on his own investigations.
It has sold 1.2 million copies in Italy and been translated into 42 languages. Now that it has hit the big screen and is a candidate for the Oscars, the mafia is even angrier and wants Saviano and his bodyguards killed as soon as possible.
Roberto Saviano, 29, has lived in hiding with 24-hour police protection for the past two years since the Camorra, as the mob in his hometown is known, decided to punish him for the huge success of his book, which is based on his own investigations.
It has sold 1.2 million copies in Italy and been translated into 42 languages. Now that it has hit the big screen and is a candidate for the Oscars, the mafia is even angrier and wants Saviano and his bodyguards killed as soon as possible.
Full report at The Times online.
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