which book about Frank Costello is mostly relevant?

Pickup up Murder Machine again today, Started it a while back but wanted to read Juniors book first.

Gotti JR book was Ok.

i enjoyed gotti jr interesting the last few chapters the feds played it real nasty to get him cheated and lied but I found when talking about is father a little boring

al D`arco book was my favourtes ever really well wrote and I learned about a lot of guys I never knew about. I enjoyed blood and honour and mafia prince was good. Ron prevites book was one of my favourites gave a real insight into the joey merlino mob.

the calbrease book was good by his son frank junior

the book on Massimo and vinny basancio were very good

alites book was one of the worst

kenjis book was ok don't like kenji

jimmy frantninos book is very good the first one

Andrew didontartos book was average

i enjoyed gotti jr interesting the last few chapters the feds played it real nasty to get him cheated and lied but I found when talking about is father a little boring

al D`arco book was my favourtes ever really well wrote and I learned about a lot of guys I never knew about. I enjoyed blood and honour and mafia prince was good. Ron prevites book was one of my favourites gave a real insight into the joey merlino mob.

the calbrease book was good by his son frank junior

the book on Massimo and vinny basancio were very good

alites book was one of the worst

kenjis book was ok don't like kenji

jimmy frantninos book is very good the first one

Andrew didontartos book was average

You believe what he says that easily?

Murder machine and is one of the best mafia books ever. Enjoy.

Operation Family Secrets by Frank Jr. is among my least favorite mob books, however "Operation Family Secrets: The case that crippled The Chicago Outfit" by Jeff Coen, is amazing.

Can someone help me find a new book? I really wanna read about the Genovese or some kind of book about a big power struggle in the LCN.

Just finished Mafia Prince. I really recommend it, perfect book to get an insight in the Scarfo crew and his era.

Can someone help me find a new book? I really wanna read about the Genovese or some kind of book about a big power struggle in the LCN.

If I don't find anyone I like I'll probably order Murder Machine.

Gotti is very deceptive and duplicitous. Watch his 60 Minutes interview. Maybe the guy truly believes what he is saying and that his father is some martyr, but everything he says he is lying through his teeth.

Mob Boss is seriously embellished IMO. D'Arco was nothing more than a puppet, yes man for Casso & Amuso. Of course in the book, he claims otherwise. And I'm not sure what to make of his claims of all his dealings with real Genovese heavyweights during the 70's. The guy lived in apartment tenements all his life, was never really a good earner, and wasn't made until he was in his 50's. And at least one of his claims is flat out wrong, and that's the origins of the American Mafia, and it being New Jersey with some secret society called "The Church". Good book though if you're looking for a book about a lower rung guy, instead of a boss, which is what D'Arco was for most of his life.

Mob Boss is seriously embellished IMO. D'Arco was nothing more than a puppet, yes man for Casso & Amuso. Of course in the book, he claims otherwise. And I'm not sure what to make of his claims of all his dealings with real Genovese heavyweights during the 70's. The guy lived in apartment tenements all his life, was never really a good earner, and wasn't made until he was in his 50's. And at least one of his claims is flat out wrong, and that's the origins of the American Mafia, and it being New Jersey with some secret society called "The Church". Good book though if you're looking for a book about a lower rung guy, instead of a boss, which is what D'Arco was for most of his life.

The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano -- is it fake or real?

The fact is , he was a Boss.

Living in an apartment, where he lived was chosen, a way of life that many never traded in for many reasons. Even The Chin and many other people who have and had plenty of resources to live anywhere "chose" to live where they have family, protection, stability and a feeling of security that is priceless.

Judging someone for that reason is rediculous.

I did live in the same type of neighborhood and understand this completely.

On another note, I wonder who , without the right skills, could have survived working for those two mutt losers.

You?

The Brotherhood of Evil:The Mafia by Frederic Sondhern jr.,written in 1959 right after appalachian,when all the old guys were STILL alive, with a forward by Harry J Anslinger, Lucky's old nemesis...if u want a first hand account of the law's view back then of the "so called Mafia",..Hoover was still in denial,...was a very hard to find, found in an old book warehouse w/ about a million (literally) books,,but the owner was up on the value & rareness of the compisition..charged me 35 bucks after trying to jack him down a bit..would'nt budge after that.

Al D'Arco was a glorified capo. He didn't make any decisions of his own while being "boss", every decision and call he made was what Casso & Amuso told him to do. I'm not judging D'Arco because he lived in apartments, that was just an example along with everything else I mentioned as to why I think parts of his story were embellished. Calling him a "boss" with a straight face is laughable, to me at least. He was placed there in an acting role, all the decisions came from Casso & Amuso, he was quickly demoted from that acting boss spot not too long after, then ran to the feds under fear of being placed on the hit list. Fat Pete flat out disobeyed Amuso & Casso when it came down to it. D'Arco survived by being merely a lap dog for the two men. He never generated any real money outside of his Burger stand, or so he claims. So it's hard to say if his low income tenement living was a choice or not. I do know that he basically got into his last one for free through the Windows scam. But again, like I said, I'm not judging him for that. Fact is, Al D'Arco is much more Nick Caramandi than an Angelo Bruno. And like I said again, the book is great as I'm regards to the story of a lower rung made man, one who basically had to scheme all his literal life out of necessity as opposed to want.

@ Bonanno, you can download the Last Testament of Luciano online for free, through Google if you search hard enough. Over the years the book has become less and less desirable as it seems the author really had no with Luciano like what the book implies and how those words may not even be Lucianos. But I'm of the opinion they are, and that he just jerked the author about certain things. Just throwing that out there.