God’s Godfather
Douglas Johnson, 6 October 1983
God’s Banker: An Account of the Life and Death of Roberto Calvi
by Rupert Cornwell.
Gollancz, 260 pp., £8.95, September 1983,0 575 03351 7 Show More
by Rupert Cornwell.
Gollancz, 260 pp., £8.95, September 1983,
A Man of Honour: The Autobiography of a Godfather
by Joseph Bonnano and Sergio Lalli.
Deutsch, 416 pp., £9.95, September 1983,0 233 97609 4 Show More
by Joseph Bonnano and Sergio Lalli.
Deutsch, 416 pp., £9.95, September 1983,
The Biggest Game in Town
by A. Alvarez.
Deutsch, 186 pp., £8.95, September 1983,0 233 97521 7 Show More
by A. Alvarez.
Deutsch, 186 pp., £8.95, September 1983,
“... On the evening of 15 June 1982 Roberto Calvi landed in a private plane at Gatwick airport and using a false passport proceeded to London. At the time he was one of the most sought-after men in Europe, and at the centre of a considerable financial scandal. The Ambrosiano Bank, of which he was director, was in the process of collapsing and there was talk of gigantic sums of money, thousands of millions of dollars’ worth, having vanished into thin air ... ”