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The Last Godfather: The Rise and Fall of Joey Massino (Berkley True Crime)

by: Simon Crittle

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1092
EAN: 9780425209394
ISBN: 0425209393
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: March 07, 2006
Publisher: Berkley
Studio: Berkley

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Editorial Review:
The inside story of the don and the family who may have inspired The Godfather. As head of the Bonanno clan, Joey Massino was the last don, and ran his world with an iron hand--until he got hit with a murder rap, and turned on his own people. Here, for the first time, is his shocking true story--a glimpse inside the world of organized crime that we may never see again.

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- BYE BYE JOEY
This guy made it through the Bananas War, Galante's takeover, Donnie Brasco, The Pizza connection, and the Commission case. Only to become boss and get knocked by the cops. Joe Massino was one of the smartest I've ever read about. But once all that power was obtained, it clouded his judgement.

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- book to read
if this is a topic that is of intrest of you i recommend this book.
easy to read and gives you a small insight in the world that the Cosa nostra lives in.

Even as a Dutchman the written text is easy to follow not to many difficult English words.

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- Not enough
Short, novella-length account of Joey Massino; written in a hurry; not much documentation; rehash of available sources; follows up on Pistone's book; a light read on a lazy day.

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- Excellent reading
Excellent reading for mob book people. Great insight to the aftermath of Donnie Brasco and what happens as the Bannano family actually gets a lot stronger before being taken down...

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- The Boss sings an encore and brings the house down
A briskly written and brief yet very informative history of Joe Massino, former boss of the New York Massino organized crime family. The author does a great job in his description of the operations of the crime family during Massino's leadership and his early career of crime. At the finish Massino decides to sing to the Feds himself to avoid a possible death penalty. I guess he thought that because some many of his former mates in crime ratted on him and spilled the beans, he may as well join them ... Read More

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