Camarel, I found the Genovese/Costello prison sit down to be the largest piece of fiction in Wolf's book.

However, nothing can match the silliness (in The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano) of Judge McCook in Luciano's cell; in tears and on his knees begging Lucky to remove the Sicilian curse from his family...


You shit-kicking, stinky, horse-manure-smelling motherfucker you! If you ever get out of line over there again, I'll smash your fucking head so hard you won't be able to get that cowboy hat on. You hear me? Fucking hick. -Nicky (Casino)