I believe a lot of what D'Arco said in the book. Especially about his early childhood and mob apprenticeships.

But it gets strange as the book goes on. First, an older and much respected former poster on here once said that the Genovese in Little Italy hated D'Arco. Which contradicts Al's claims of being in the good graces of the downtown Genovese.

Also, the poster said that the Salerno hit was NOT going to go unpunished. So Steve Crea teaming up with D'Arco to take out Casso was probably a dubious claim, as Al was the messenger for the Salerno hit. He was also the primary participant in the Luongo hit.

I think if given the chance, Al would have been terminated on his very next visit to the Bronx if he hadn't run to the FBI first. Brooklyn wanted him dead. But so did Crea Im sure.

I don't feel like going back find the old posts but go back and type in "pizzaboy" in the search engine and you'll get tons of D'Arco dirt.