I had the same reaction at first. But, the real value of "Five Families" is the much later stuff--for example, how the FBI finally got its ass in gear; how Giuliani put together the Commission case, and all the machinations of the Mob from the Seventies onward. Priceless stuff.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.