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Summary: Gotti: A Good Start.
Comment: This book, along with Gravano's Underboss book, is a great place to start learning about the Mafia.
Even though Gotti wouldn't cooperate with the writers of the book, the research provided is accurate
and unbiased. It's just sad that it doesn't have any support by the man that it's written about.
If you want to read a book that has support via its subject, read Underboss, the Gravano tale.
Gotti: Rise and Fall is riddled with courtroom drama, which can get boring at times. But the
overall essence of the book is great.

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Summary: its good enough! capici!
Comment: what are these people looking for? this was a good read, as good as any of the others, if not
better. this book should at least average 4 stars. i'm not going to compromise my honest rating to
make it so, but people should be more realistic. its a biography, not an autobiography; so of course
its not gonna be as good as sammy bull's book or henry hill's. but gotti never sung like them so its
up to other people to tell his story. this was an informative, entertaining book

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Summary: Great Research
Comment: Capeci was able to give outsiders a look into the world of the Mafia as well as how hard law
enforcement work to stop them. The research Mr. Capeci did for this book is incredible. The book
also shows that law enforcement will do anything to get there man and they had personel reasons to
nail Gotti. The book also shows the arrogance of John Gotti. He truley believed he was untouchable
and had law enforcement not bent, or broke the rules, Gotti may have died a free man.

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Summary: Gotti was a chump
Comment: This was a decent book (written by the guy who did Gangland for the Daily News), but I have never
understood the fascination people have with John Gotti. He was not the "gangster's gangster," he
was a loudmouthed publicity hound who believed his own press. A guy like him is death to the
syndicate; he focuses the attention of the media (and therefore law enforcement) on him, and
therefore everyone associated with him.
Gotti was a clown, possibly one of the worst bosses
ever. His idiocy and hubris destroyed the most powerful Family in America.
If you want to
read about the real mob stars, read about Tony Accardo, Gaetano Lucchese and Meyer Lansky.

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Summary: OK
Comment: This was the first book I read on Gotti, and at the time I enjoyed it. I think it's pretty
impressive, all the information Capeci and Mustain rounded up for this; they are good writers. The
story is repetitive, though. Who wants to know every single insignificant detail of Gotti's rise to
power? His 'public'? hehe. Again, let me tell you, Capeci and Mustain are great writers, I
thought their book 'Murder Machine' was a lot more interesting than this. If you're really
interested in Gotti, though, I recommend you read Underboss; it's told in Sammy Gravano's own words
and that makes it REALY interesting. I bet Gotti loved this book, probably did a lot for his ego.
He refuses to be interviewed for it, though, because he wanted to appear as though he was sticking
to the old cosa nostra rules.

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