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A classic masterwork newly updated The electrifying true story of the rise and fall of New York's notorious Bonanno crime family On New York's Park Avenue on a rainy Tuesday night in October 1964, the famous Mafia chieftain Joseph Bonanno was kidnapped by two mobsters and reported by the police as dead on the following morning. More than a year later, Bonanno mysteriously reappeared, setting off a bloody mob feud that came to be known as the "Banana War." In this monumental work--packed with intimate details and brilliant reporting--bestselling author Gay Talese first brought to the American consciousness a world and a life previously known to only a few. No other book has done more to acquaint readers with the secrets, structure, wars, power plays, family lives, and fascinating, frightening personalities of the Mafia.… (més)
Una lluviosa noche de octubre de 1964, dos gángsters secuestraron al famoso jefe mafioso Joseph Bonanno, y a la mañana siguiente la policía neoyorquina informó de que estaba muerto. Un año después, Bonanno reapareció de forma misteriosa, y su vuelta desató una sangrienta disputa entre familias mafiosas...
1181. Honor Thy Father, by Gay Talese (19 Aug 1972) This is non-fiction that reads like fiction. It is the story of Bill Bonanno, born 1930, son of Joseph Bonanno, born 1905, one of the dons of the New York Mafia from 1931 to the 1960s. It was written with the full cooperation of Bill Bonanno, and it is an absorbing account, tho it is light on telling about the actual crimes committed. ( )
Interesting look at life in a crime family in the 1960s, albeit filtered through its subject, who has reasons to be less than honest. One of the better mafia novels I've read (others I've read so far include "Donnie Brasco," which was on a par with this, and "Goodfellas," which wasn't as interesting. That's probably due mostly to its subjects, who even the author admits are the last dregs of mob culture and not exactly the brightest bulbs in the chandelier. ( )
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For Charles, Joseph, Tory and Felippa in the hope they will understand their father more, and love him no less...
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Knowing that it is possible to see too much, most doormen in New York have developed an extrordinary sense of selective vision: they know what to see and what to ignore, when to be curious and when to be indolent; they are most often standing indoors, unaware, when there are accidents or arguments in front of their buildings; and they are usually in the street seeking taxicabs when burglars are escaping through the lobby.
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He heard Ernest Newman asking to speak to Walter Phillips, the Assistant United States Attorney; and when Phillips came to the phone, Bill heard Newman say, in a very official manner, "Salvatore Bonanno has surrendered."
A classic masterwork newly updated The electrifying true story of the rise and fall of New York's notorious Bonanno crime family On New York's Park Avenue on a rainy Tuesday night in October 1964, the famous Mafia chieftain Joseph Bonanno was kidnapped by two mobsters and reported by the police as dead on the following morning. More than a year later, Bonanno mysteriously reappeared, setting off a bloody mob feud that came to be known as the "Banana War." In this monumental work--packed with intimate details and brilliant reporting--bestselling author Gay Talese first brought to the American consciousness a world and a life previously known to only a few. No other book has done more to acquaint readers with the secrets, structure, wars, power plays, family lives, and fascinating, frightening personalities of the Mafia.
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