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Mafia
Sam Giancana
其他書名
The Government's Secret File on Organized Crime
出版
Harper Collins
, 2009-11-04
主題
True Crime / Organized Crime
Reference / Directories
True Crime / Historical
History / United States / 20th Century
ISBN
006198647X
9780061986475
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=e7inUx6QwkgC&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
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註釋
“A treasure trove for true crime buffs and mob aficionados—the mug shots alone are worth the price of admission.” —Nicholas Pileggi, #1
New York Times
–bestselling author of
Wiseguy
Foreword by Sam Giancana
Some time in the early 1960s, during the golden age of organized crime in America—the era that would inspire
The Godfather
,
Goodfellas
, and even
The Sopranos
—federal investigators pulled every known piece of information on more than 800 Mafia members worldwide into a thick, phone-book-sized directory. From old-school gangsters like Lucky Luciano and Mickey Cohen to young turks like Paul Castellano and Vinny “The Chin” Gigante, the guide offered at-a-glance profiles of small-time thugs and major dons alike . . . and was allegedly the book Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy used to investigate the mob.
Recently discovered, and published for the first time in this facsimile edition,
Mafia
is a treasure trove of info on the underworld in mid-century America—a revelatory artifact and an irresistible read.
“Fascinating . . . A panoramic view of the American underworld—the national face seen in a fun house mirror.” —
The New York Times Book Review
“For mobheads and true crime fanatics, [
Mafia
] is the equivalent of a hijacked truck of unmarked bills. It’s also a quirky little slice of the American dream.” —Salon.com
“Make room on your true-crime bookshelf for this veritable high school yearbook of America’s criminal class.” —T. J. English,
New York Times
–bestselling author of
Born to Kill
“
Mafia
is the Bible for Mafia-watchers and amateur detectives everywhere.” —Legs McNeil, coauthor of
Please Kill Me