num_pages: 272
description: The Honoured Society describes how the US army returned the Mafia to power in 1944, after Mussolini came close to destroying them. It looks at the Mafia in their homeland - how in attempting to preserve Sicily for the Sicilians in the face of countless invasions it infiltrated every aspect of the island's life, corrupting landowners, the police, the judiciary and even the church. In one chilling chapter Norman Lewis details the escapades of eighty-year-old Padre Camelo, who led his monks on sprees of murder and extortion, frequently using the confessional box for transmitting threats.
language: English
title: The Honoured Society: The Sicilian Mafia Observed
titlecomplete: The Honoured Society: The Sicilian Mafia Observed
genres: Italy, European History, Nonfiction, Literature, Travel, Crime, History, True Crime
ratings_count: 242
awards: awardedAt: -157737600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Fact Crime
publisher: Eland Publishing