Originally Posted By: pizzaboy


That said, I've read all his books, and I think "Accardo" was the best of the lot.

I've read them all. I'm told he tends to overemphasize the importance of Accardo too much. And maybe misread his role in the Outfit as being the overall boss. It doen;t seem logical that he could tell Giancana at the height of his power what to do. It also seems unlikely that, for instance, Sam Destefano was never made: he hung around with Ricca, his wife played cards with Accoardo's, he was Gianacna's man. Seems unlikely to me (I'm no expert, just well read :-)).
You'll hardly read anything about Ricca in his books, while he must have been at least the number two in the Outfit.
So they're good read with a lot of info, but don't see it as a complete picture imho.