Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: Buttmunker
I read "The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano," and thought it was very good. I wonder if it would be redundant to read "The Real and Fake Gangster."

No, it wouldn't.

"The Real and the Fake Gangster" was an excellent book. "Last Testament" was a fairy tale, albeit an enjoyable read.

"The Real and the Fake Gangster" actually points out many of the blatant errors in "Last Testament." You should read it for that reason alone.


blatant errors, or outright falsehoods - like the one where Luciano says he ain't never killed a man by his own hand; or like the one where Luciano says he never used junk except for the one time his doctor shot him up with morphine the time he was beat up by Maranzano and his men; or like the one where…