Originally Posted By: Binnie_Coll
Originally Posted By: Belette
I have a question about The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano. This book is considered to be inaccurate and basically fiction, but is it fiction made up by Luciano or the author? I ask because to me it's interesting even if it's inaccurate as long as it's based on Lucky's views(and intentional lies) rather than just complete fiction made up by the author.


I read that book years ago, I know of one instance in the book where Luciano didn't lie.

he says they [frank Costello and Lucky] hired the cops to kill abe reles for 50,000 dollars, that part is true.

a lot of researchers have issues with the book but, there is a lot of truth in it also.


Yeah I've just heard that it's supposed to be read as fiction. But to me there's a big difference if the fiction comes from Luciano or the writer. As an example, even though Bonannos book has a lot of crap, it's still his words so you can kind of analyze his character. If it was just made up by his ghost writer, it would be worth nothing.

Last edited by Belette; 07/18/15 12:06 AM.