This is not really a mafia book per se but read the Mark Brandon "chopper" Read books.He was a standover man who was at war with Mafia families in Melbourne,The first book is an international best seller.


The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what you do with it that matters. Cus D'Amato