PERSICO by Dimatteo, good book. Then again plenty to write about with Persico.
That guy was basically involved with the justice system his whole life. From mid teens involved in murder cases, shootings etc. Even when he was out on the streets in the 60s he was in four ? trials for cargo theft. 70s in jail ,out few years , then life.
Persico is definitely an interesting subject. However I don't trust the author, Dimatteeo is an embellisher, and he claims to have been close to the Gallo brothers, who were enemies with Perscio. He is all over Facebook promoting his books, and does have photos of himself standing near Al Gallo. As an author he seems to just say anything without serious evidence to backk things up, or he just repeats myths and stories that have been around for years. That and his pro Gallo anti-Perscio bias add up to him not being very credible.
