I read the book, Moe. And I'm one of the few people on the boards who actually accepts D'Arco's excuse for ratting (that Casso and Amuso were going to kill him). And Capeci is always worth a read, even if he sometimes has an agenda (all writers do).

That being said, there's a lot of bullshit there. He claimed to meet with Little Jimmy at La Mela all the time. And I know for a fact that the entire Westside downtown crew was leery of D'Arco. Not so much because they thought he was a rat. But because they thought he was a mutt who fell ass backwards into the job.

And that rat crap about Mikey Salerno up in the Bronx? He would have put a gun in his own mouth before he gave up a mouse. Mikey got killed because of Casso's paranoia and insane jealousy of anyone who was more well liked than he was.