Pietro Bertelli]]> John Auldjo]]> Decameron he described it as a dissolute city. Roberto Saviano’s Gomorrah is a modern account of the decline of Naples under the rule of organized crime, the so-called Camorra, a Neapolitan mafia organization. Since its publication in 2006, Saviano – a Naples-based journalist – has been under police protection. For his courageous stand, he has received praise from individuals such as neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, author Günter Grass, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Italian author Umberto Eco; the latter calling Saviano a ‘national hero’.]]> Roberto Saviano]]> Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano, translated by Virginia Jewiss. Jacket design copyright © 2014 by Aaron Artessa. Jacket photograph copyright © 2014 by Ed Gifford/Masterfile. Reprinted by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC.)]]> E! TV fame. Visitors to Naples have included artist Caravaggio (d.1610); the German archaeologist Winckelmann (d.1768); Goethe (d.1832); and Alexandre Dumas (d.1870). At the age of 24, diarist John Evelyn (1620-1706) visited Naples and his account – published long after his death – shed light on the art, culture and politics of the city. This passage – with annotations by Evelyn scholar Esmond de Beer – records visits to various churches such as the cathedral and St. Maria Maggiore. Note that Vesuvius is ‘smoaking’.]]> Edited by H. Maynard Smith]]> [Giacomo Marchucci]]]> Naples (Italy)]]> Vesuvius (Italy)]]> Illustrations]]> Text]]> Naples]]>