Yeah I hear that. But as far as breaking down the mob staples and the general history of the entire North American LCN phenomenon over the last 100 odd years, done by no less a journalist by Jerry Capeci...I think its a staple for any mob-lit. canon.

But you're right, Sonny; it gets to a point where nine out of ten books we read re-hash the same old shit again and again, so you start to keep an eye out for anything with any new info at all, things you haven't read a million times. Its why I got interested in the Families outside of NY, because I could only read their histories so many times.