Book description
30 inside stories of the American Mafia, Sicilian Cosa Nostra,
Camorra and 'Ndrangheta
Images of life in the Mob pervade our film and TV screens,
some glamorous, some horrific -- what is the reality?
Investigative journalist Roger Wilkes has put together the
largest ever collection of insider stories from prominent ex-mafiosi,
infiltrators and award-winning writers. It contains tell-all accounts
by the likes of:
Richard 'The Iceman' Kuklinski, the contract killer who claimed
to have murdered over 200 people in a career lasting 43 years.
Frankie Saggio, who 'freelanced' for all five of New York's
Mafia families, narrowly escaping assassination before being busted
for a major scam.
Joey Black, the Hitman, chillingly professional murderer of 38
victims and regarded by many as the 'original Soprano'.
Albert DeMeo, the son of a gangster, who later became a lawyer.
'Donnie Brasco', real name Joseph Pistone, the FBI agent, who
worked undercover in the Bonanno and Colombo crime families in New
York for six years.
Tommaso Buscetta, the Sicilian mafioso, the first
pentito, or informant, of real significance to break
omerta. The two judges with whom he worked, Giovanni Falcone
and Paolo Borsellino, were both later killed by the Mafia.
This is the reality of the world of men you wouldn't want to cross.
