Originally Posted By: StonePark
I think Roemer's anti-Giancana bias and grudging admiration for Accardo and Joe Bonnano hurts his credibility. But then again, I don't think he invented everything he wrote.

If anyone wants to know how a book about the mafia should be written, they should read Jeff Coen's Family Secrets.


Agree with everything you wrote, but I believe he had little respect for Bonnano*, he praised Bonnano his cunning for keeping secrets, but mocked Bonnano as a "whiny old man" who got himself kicked out of New York.

*stemming from a time that Roemer interacted with him in Chicago around the time of Bonnano's "kidnapping", Bonnano insulted Roemer while he was in custody-again my memory is fuzzy since it's been a time since I read the book.

Last edited by Tony_Pro; 09/27/13 05:40 PM.
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