Aha. Great book. Definitly earns its place in my mob-lit canon. Some interesting stuff, and has added to my understanding of the Teamsters greatly. Heaps of info.

I get the kangaroo thing now, Sheeran using it as a metaphor for being oblivious to certain things that could be harmful
(not realizing that the thumps on the back of his head were from the kangaroo's tail) Still, its a kangaroo for chrissakes.

I thought Sheerans belief in his role in Joe Biden becoming a senator was fascinating.

Its clever the way he describes things, too. He never says "I shot him twice in the back of the head", but uses ambiguous wording, just "he was shot twice in the head". Of course, he had already stated he was there and holding a gun. He did the same thing in his version of the Joey Gallo hit.

Im now onto "Mafia's Greatest Hits" by David H. Jacobs. Nowhere near as good though. I already know all this stuff.


(cough.)