The Last Godfather: The Rise and Fall of Joey Massino (Berkley True Crime)

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1092 EAN: 9780425209394 ISBN: 0425209393 Label: Berkley Manufacturer: Berkley Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 272 Publication Date: 2006-03-07 Publisher: Berkley Studio: Berkley
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Editorial Reviews: The inside story of the don and the family who may have inspired The Godfather. As head of the Bonanno clan, Joey Massino was the last don, and ran his world with an iron hand--until he got hit with a murder rap, and turned on his own people. Here, for the first time, is his shocking true story--a glimpse inside the world of organized crime that we may never see again.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: BYE BYE JOEY Comment: This guy made it through the Bananas War, Galante's takeover, Donnie Brasco, The Pizza connection, and the Commission case. Only to become boss and get knocked by the cops. Joe Massino was one of the smartest I've ever read about. But once all that power was obtained, it clouded his judgement. Customer Rating: Summary: book to read Comment: if this is a topic that is of intrest of you i recommend this book. easy to read and gives you a small insight in the world that the Cosa nostra lives in. Even as a Dutchman the written text is easy to follow not to many difficult English words. Customer Rating: Summary: Not enough Comment: Short, novella-length account of Joey Massino; written in a hurry; not much documentation; rehash of available sources; follows up on Pistone's book; a light read on a lazy day. Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent reading Comment: Excellent reading for mob book people. Great insight to the aftermath of Donnie Brasco and what happens as the Bannano family actually gets a lot stronger before being taken down... Customer Rating: Summary: The Boss sings an encore and brings the house down Comment: A briskly written and brief yet very informative history of Joe Massino, former boss of the New York Massino organized crime family. The author does a great job in his description of the operations of the crime family during Massino's leadership and his early career of crime. At the finish Massino decides to sing to the Feds himself to avoid a possible death penalty. I guess he thought that because some many of his former mates in crime ratted on him and spilled the beans, he may as well join them as omerta meant nothing in the finish. Essentially the mob exists to make as much money as it can as quickly as possible and to keep the money steadily flowing in. The author superbly captures the culture of the Mafia organization and its members and describes clearly the rackets, payoffs, murders etc. This book is great for those true crime buffs that have a clear understanding of the American mafia as the author assumes the reader has a solid understanding of the subject. This a narrowly focused book about the history of Massino and his leadership of his New York mafia family. For a novice l would suggest read Thomas Reppeto's book; American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power or "The Mob, 200 years of Organized Crime in New York' by Virgil Petersen to dig further into this history. The information the author reveals about the activities of this mafia family is incredible and he obviously has excellent sources and has done his research very effectively, overall an informed, well written and brisk account, a good addition to the many books on organized crime. More Reviews