About this title: The First Inside Account of the Mafia In the 1960s a disgruntled soldier in New York's Genovese Crime Family decided to spill his guts. His name was Joseph Valachi. Daring to break the Mob's code of silence for the first time, Valachi detailed the organization of organized crimefrom the capos, or bosses, of every Family, to the hit men who ...
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780553100495ISBN:0553100491
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Nice soft cover, lightly read, some shelf wear to cover, light creases on spine, light aging to pages, 1/2" tear on bottom of front cover along spine, stk #2163h9. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good. No Jacket. Remainder Marks, Corners/Edges Bumped, Water Damage On Bottem Page Ends, Spine Creased, Text Is Unmarked, Good Copy. read more
"I read about half of this book, but I'm not going to finish it. To be fair, I'm not really that interested in the mafia, and I was only reading this book because my husband liked it.
I felt like the author used too many editorial comments about writing the book. This distracted me from Valachi's story. The book used a lot of name dropping and did not hold my interest."
"Peter Maas paved the way for every true crime historian of today. Truly the oldest reference book for Mafia researchers. With years and years of thorough investigative work from Peter Maas & the FBN. The son inlaw (Joe Valachi) of a former Capo (Tom Reina) recalled in his own words,the names of gansters and the details of events. Great Book!"
"Even though this is one of the key books in the genre, I remain disappointed in it. I think it is amazing how Valachi was involved in dozens of major criminal acts as though he was floating effortlessly from family to family. While it is true his revelations were some of the first insider views on the mob, many people have pointed out that there are flaws in his seemingly perfect memory. His story is really the first look at social interaction within the mob when the previous idea was based on the exagggerated 1930s cinema."
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