GORILA
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Publisher Description
Stunningly dark, hugely intelligent and suspensevely addictive, Gorila portraits the arrival of an exciting and highly distinctive pulp-crime novel.
Extended description
Since 1970s, the best-selling novel Gorila, the first in a three book series by Dusan Savkovic, has become a sacrilegious bible for Eastern European mobsters—La Nouvelle Vague or The New Wave—much the same way that Mario Puzo’s The Godfather became the adopted wisdom of the US Mafia ("an offer you cannot refuse"). To this day, Gorila remains a story of fascination in the European underworld. The Gorila trilogy is now available for the first time in a vibrant English language.
From the New Yorker article, by Richard Brody (April 10, 2011):
"The novel, by Dusan Savkovic—about a famous French actor’s bodyguard who finds out about orgies involving high strata of French society, attempts blackmail, and is killed by Corsican Mob hired by the actor—is more or less a roman à clef about Stevan Markovic, who was a bodyguard for Alain Delon and was in fact murdered, in 1968 . . . (Samuels writes: 'A friend of Delon’s the Corsican gangster François Marcantoni, was indicted, but there was insufficient evident to convict him of the murder; Delon was questioned but never charged.') . . ."
The Movies Editor from The New Yorker, Richard Brody
"Gorila muses about the intertwining of fact and fiction: tellingly reveals the connection between the Parisian underworld and the top layers of French society . . ."
Customer Reviews
Gorila
Anyone who loves The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire or even an eternal classic like The Godfather is going to eat this book up! The deceptively simple premise here is blackmail. But that's just the jumping-off point for a masterful novel incorporating thugs, actors, society ladies, gangsters, turncoats, and that tender theme which turns up in the most violent of circumstances: the quest for family. The setting is Summer-of-Love Paris, but the themes are universal. And haunting. Truly a page turner-Highly recommended.
Gorila
Excellent triller story.
Highly recommend.
Very very interesting and amazing story
Gorila Book
Riveting!
In crime fiction, maybe you think you've seen it all. Welcome to a whole new world!
I read this European runaway bestseller by Dusan Savkovic (Mario Puzo of Eastern Europe) maybe new to some readers, but finally available in English, it's destined to become a classic of the genre. Set in the dual pressure-cookers of Paris's seedy underground and aristocratic society (plus a bit of Hollywood) in the late 60's, this page-turner is (to coin a phrase) practically un-put-down-able. With each discovery comes a new shade of meaning, of character, and especially of passion. You like passion? The book EXPLODES with passion.
The crux is the eponymous "gorila" (so spelled from Serbo-Croatian, from which this edition is thoughtfully translated), the author deftly maneuvers the former thug's "old country" friends (and enemies! which is which?!), the upper crust of French society, and a romance with a female lead unlike any you've seen before.
From the heights of the Parisian aristocracy to the grime of its back-alleys, this book throbs with life, rendering a seemingly familiar city new again through the eyes of the natives, the immigrants, and everyone caught between. I wish this were a movie!
I don't want to give too much away, but grab Gorila: you won't be disappointed. Thank you, iBooks!