Dennis N. Griffin
Autor/a de Cullotta: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster and Government Witness
Obres de Dennis N. Griffin
Cullotta: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster and Government Witness (2007) 19 exemplars
Frank Cullotta's Greatest (Kitchen) Hits 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 20th century
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
Membres
Ressenyes
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 14
- Membres
- 59
- Popularitat
- #280,813
- Valoració
- 3.4
- Ressenyes
- 6
- ISBN
- 26
Silvestri led a somewhat interesting life as an employee at the Copacabana, as a "fixer" and enforcer, and as someone who had his hand in many different businesses. This led to his meeting many celebrities and mafia figures.
I enjoyed his stories about Sammy Davis Jr, Frank Sinatra, Jerry Lewis, and Dean Martin. I could almost feel myself in the club, listening to them as they performed.
However, that was about it as far as interesting for to. Three years at the Copa, then several decades of "jobs" that "skirted" the law.
The author reminded me very much of my career working in prisons, listening to the inmates bragging to each other, trying to impress how important they were on "the outside". Somewhat interesting stories, a lot of name dropping, mostly just petty crooks overly impressed with their own sense of importance. No real contributions to the greater good of society, or to their families.… (més)