Alright finished darcos book. Nothing new. Find out alittle bout his son everything he tells has been written in the papers over 20yr. I thought al was gonna have stories nope he had a cousin,uncle who was a old powerfull soldier in the garment district. All rode his coattail.. Nepotism the guy told vario to put his name in 74 when the books open. All he did was arson for hire the guy never killed somone till 89 an he hit the guy wit a pipe neck shot guy. His kid was a dope fiend got made in 88 with the gemini twins senter n. Tester. Guy was weak so gas n vic killed bruno and mike salerno cause they were threats, stuck lil al in as acting boss and that was the end of brooklyn holding the power. Wish he talked more about the prince st guys they were the drug guys joe beck.
I finished last night, and as pmac and others noted, nothing of recent significance that has not been known through testimony and newspapers. I was hoping the book would have more character development of guys like Amuso, Casso, Tony Ducks, Paul Vario, etc. It did not tell us anything new.
The one item that is supposed to be "new information" is the murder committed one of Lucky's buddies way back when. I won't provide details here to spoil for anyone.
One side note - not one mention of Salvatore Clemente - the guy in Manhattan Mob Rampage that was originally listed as an Luchese associate, and on the most recent version I saw, is now listed as a Captain.
All in all, a very good read if you want to learn about the Luchese family, and the dysfunctional psychopaths who took over after Tony Ducks and the admin went down in the Commission Case.
