McMafia is a survey and history of worldwide organized crime - from the to the back alleys of Odessa, to the slums of Mumbai and the streets of Johannasburg, Gleny offers a series of stories that are better than anything found in thrillers on the big screen. The book opens with a story of senseless murder in London and the pace never slows as the books pulls you into the world of organzied crime with stories that are terrifying, facintaing, and quite often funny.  The criminals, far from being the sterotypical mustashe-twisting villans are characeters of surprising depth, and complexity and the relationships among the players form intriguing webs of power. Tales of drugs,  guns and prostitution are peppered with Gleny’s dry english humor and offer unprecedented insight into the nature of the of criminal enterprise. Misha Gleny gave a brief talk on the book at a lecture at the RSA in London.  The lecture is available on a U-Channel Podcast, here.