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The Teenage Mafia is a rare, exciting, and unpredictable story. There is not another story like it. Read and follow the crew on their havoc causing journey, from assaulting and robbing people randomly to beefing with each other. Steven and Lewis are teenagers who took the wrong exit to make their dreams come true. Lewis talked Steven into forming a six men crew. Lewis realized his goals could not get accomplished with just the two of them. Along the way, Steven finds himself making most of the important decision for the crew. Lewis and Steven recruited four other students from their school named Eric, James, Willie and Johnny. Eric is a wimpy nerd who would do anything to toughen up his image. Eric's sex addiction led him into some strange situations. James has a gambling problem. He goes from losing to winning. His attitude changes for the worst, making him hard to get along with. His greed outweighs the rest of The Teenage Mafia member's greed. Willie and Johnny are stars on their school's football team. The two first cousins were feared tremendously by other students. Will The Teenage Mafia pull together and make things work or will they fold under pressure?
Book Synopsis The Teenage Mafia by : Henry F. Tyler III
Download or read book The Teenage Mafia written by Henry F. Tyler III and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-01-03 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Teenage Mafia is a rare, exciting, and unpredictable story. There is not another story like it. Read and follow the crew on their havoc causing journey, from assaulting and robbing people randomly to beefing with each other. Steven and Lewis are teenagers who took the wrong exit to make their dreams come true. Lewis talked Steven into forming a six men crew. Lewis realized his goals could not get accomplished with just the two of them. Along the way, Steven finds himself making most of the important decision for the crew. Lewis and Steven recruited four other students from their school named Eric, James, Willie and Johnny. Eric is a wimpy nerd who would do anything to toughen up his image. Eric's sex addiction led him into some strange situations. James has a gambling problem. He goes from losing to winning. His attitude changes for the worst, making him hard to get along with. His greed outweighs the rest of The Teenage Mafia member's greed. Willie and Johnny are stars on their school's football team. The two first cousins were feared tremendously by other students. Will The Teenage Mafia pull together and make things work or will they fold under pressure?
The Teenage Mafia is an extraordinary, breathtaking, and unpredictable story. Guaranteed one of the best books you will ever read. The entertainment level is so high that it's sure to leave your mind blown away. No book will measure up to this titan. The Teenage Mafia novel is page for page the most exciting book on the market. Most of the action will catch you off guard. There is not another story like it. The Teenage Mafia went on a havoc causing journey, from assaulting and robbing people randomly to beefing with each other. Steven and Lewis are teenagers who took the wrong exit to make their dreams come true. Steven was willing to do anything to get his parents into a better house. Lewis was willing to do anything to get away from his parents. Lewis's father abused him mentally and physically. Lewis and his family shared a very dark secret. Steven and Lewis realized their goals could not get accomplished with just the two of them. Steven and Lewis recruited four other students from their school, Eric, James, Willie and Johnny. Along the way, Steven found himself making most of the important decisions for the crew. Eric is a wimpy nerd; he tried his best to toughen up his image. Eric's sex addiction led him into a love triangle with two prostitutes. James had a gambling problem. He went from losing to winning. His attitude changed for the worst, making him hard to get along with. His greed outweighed the rest of The Teenage Mafia member's greed. Willie and Johnny were stars on their school's football team with hopes of playing college football. The two first cousins were feared tremendously by other students. Will The Teenage Mafia pull together and make things work or will they fold under pressure?
Book Synopsis Teenage Mafia Part One by : Henry F. Tyler III
Download or read book Teenage Mafia Part One written by Henry F. Tyler III and published by . This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Teenage Mafia is an extraordinary, breathtaking, and unpredictable story. Guaranteed one of the best books you will ever read. The entertainment level is so high that it's sure to leave your mind blown away. No book will measure up to this titan. The Teenage Mafia novel is page for page the most exciting book on the market. Most of the action will catch you off guard. There is not another story like it. The Teenage Mafia went on a havoc causing journey, from assaulting and robbing people randomly to beefing with each other. Steven and Lewis are teenagers who took the wrong exit to make their dreams come true. Steven was willing to do anything to get his parents into a better house. Lewis was willing to do anything to get away from his parents. Lewis's father abused him mentally and physically. Lewis and his family shared a very dark secret. Steven and Lewis realized their goals could not get accomplished with just the two of them. Steven and Lewis recruited four other students from their school, Eric, James, Willie and Johnny. Along the way, Steven found himself making most of the important decisions for the crew. Eric is a wimpy nerd; he tried his best to toughen up his image. Eric's sex addiction led him into a love triangle with two prostitutes. James had a gambling problem. He went from losing to winning. His attitude changed for the worst, making him hard to get along with. His greed outweighed the rest of The Teenage Mafia member's greed. Willie and Johnny were stars on their school's football team with hopes of playing college football. The two first cousins were feared tremendously by other students. Will The Teenage Mafia pull together and make things work or will they fold under pressure?
One a Sicilian Hell's Kitchen gang leader, the other a sickly but brilliant Orthodox Jewish boy who lives next door, Vinny Vesta and Sidney Butcher meet on a fire escape during the blistering New York City summer of 1950. Their friendship develops over the course of a summer that will change Vinny's fortunes forever, at a cost he could never have imagined. Based on a true story, Mafia Summer brilliantly captures a pivotal moment in Mafia history and in the lives of the teenagers caught up by the Mob. "Influenced more by Billy Bathgate than by The Godfather...Sweet, affectionate, and bloody: a glance backward to a well-spent youth."-Kirkus Reviews "E. Duke Vincent hits the target dead center with this first novel set on the bloody streets of Hell's Kitchen. A mini-epic, complete with a full-scale crime war, Mafia Summer remains a detailed tale of friendship and of the best kind of loyalty. A masterful performance."-Lorenzo Carcaterra, author of Sleepers and Paradise City "One of the best books on the mafia I have ever read. Right up there with The Godfather."-New York Times bestselling author Jack Higgins
Book Synopsis Mafia Summer by : E. Duke Vincent
Download or read book Mafia Summer written by E. Duke Vincent and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-13 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One a Sicilian Hell's Kitchen gang leader, the other a sickly but brilliant Orthodox Jewish boy who lives next door, Vinny Vesta and Sidney Butcher meet on a fire escape during the blistering New York City summer of 1950. Their friendship develops over the course of a summer that will change Vinny's fortunes forever, at a cost he could never have imagined. Based on a true story, Mafia Summer brilliantly captures a pivotal moment in Mafia history and in the lives of the teenagers caught up by the Mob. "Influenced more by Billy Bathgate than by The Godfather...Sweet, affectionate, and bloody: a glance backward to a well-spent youth."-Kirkus Reviews "E. Duke Vincent hits the target dead center with this first novel set on the bloody streets of Hell's Kitchen. A mini-epic, complete with a full-scale crime war, Mafia Summer remains a detailed tale of friendship and of the best kind of loyalty. A masterful performance."-Lorenzo Carcaterra, author of Sleepers and Paradise City "One of the best books on the mafia I have ever read. Right up there with The Godfather."-New York Times bestselling author Jack Higgins
What's in a name? Everything... if you have my name. At her exclusive Manhattan high school, half the guys lust after seventeen-year-old Gia. The other half are afraid to even walk near her. After all, everyone knows who she is. They know that her father doesn't have a boss. He is the boss—the capo di tutti, boss of all bosses. But they don't know the real Gia. She's dreaming of a different life—one where she can be more than her infamous name. And lately, she's thinking way too much about Michael, the green-eyed cop who's wrong for her for so many reasons. And yet being with him feels so right. Now the real Gia is keeping secrets of her own alongside her family's. And she's breaking all the rules to get what she wants.
Book Synopsis Mafia Girl by : Deborah Blumenthal
Download or read book Mafia Girl written by Deborah Blumenthal and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's in a name? Everything... if you have my name. At her exclusive Manhattan high school, half the guys lust after seventeen-year-old Gia. The other half are afraid to even walk near her. After all, everyone knows who she is. They know that her father doesn't have a boss. He is the boss—the capo di tutti, boss of all bosses. But they don't know the real Gia. She's dreaming of a different life—one where she can be more than her infamous name. And lately, she's thinking way too much about Michael, the green-eyed cop who's wrong for her for so many reasons. And yet being with him feels so right. Now the real Gia is keeping secrets of her own alongside her family's. And she's breaking all the rules to get what she wants.
In Gomorrah, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, Roberto Saviano revealed a true, devastating portrait of Naples, Italy under the rule of the Camorra, a crime organization more powerful and violent than the Mafia. In The Piranhas, the international bestselling author returns to his home city with a novel of gang warfare and a young man’s dark desire to rise to the top of Naples’s underworld. Nicolas Fiorillo is a brilliant and ambitious fifteen-year-old from the slums of Naples, eager to make his mark and to acquire power and the money that comes with it. With nine friends, he sets out to create a new paranza, or gang. Together they roam the streets on their motorscooters, learning how to break into the network of small-time hoodlums that controls drug-dealing and petty crime in the city. They learn to cheat and to steal, to shoot semiautomatic pistols and AK-47s. Slowly they begin to wrest control of the neighborhoods from enemy gangs while making alliances with failing old bosses. Nicolas’s strategic brilliance is prodigious, and his cohorts’ rapid rise and envelopment in the ensuing maelstrom of violence and death is riveting and impossible to turn away from. In The Piranhas, Roberto Saviano imagines the lurid glamour of Nicolas’s story with all the vividness and insight that made Gomorrah a worldwide sensation. “With the openhearted rashness that belongs to every true writer, Saviano returns to tell the story of the fierce and grieving heart of Naples.” —Elena Ferrante
Book Synopsis The Piranhas by : Roberto Saviano
Download or read book The Piranhas written by Roberto Saviano and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Gomorrah, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, Roberto Saviano revealed a true, devastating portrait of Naples, Italy under the rule of the Camorra, a crime organization more powerful and violent than the Mafia. In The Piranhas, the international bestselling author returns to his home city with a novel of gang warfare and a young man’s dark desire to rise to the top of Naples’s underworld. Nicolas Fiorillo is a brilliant and ambitious fifteen-year-old from the slums of Naples, eager to make his mark and to acquire power and the money that comes with it. With nine friends, he sets out to create a new paranza, or gang. Together they roam the streets on their motorscooters, learning how to break into the network of small-time hoodlums that controls drug-dealing and petty crime in the city. They learn to cheat and to steal, to shoot semiautomatic pistols and AK-47s. Slowly they begin to wrest control of the neighborhoods from enemy gangs while making alliances with failing old bosses. Nicolas’s strategic brilliance is prodigious, and his cohorts’ rapid rise and envelopment in the ensuing maelstrom of violence and death is riveting and impossible to turn away from. In The Piranhas, Roberto Saviano imagines the lurid glamour of Nicolas’s story with all the vividness and insight that made Gomorrah a worldwide sensation. “With the openhearted rashness that belongs to every true writer, Saviano returns to tell the story of the fierce and grieving heart of Naples.” —Elena Ferrante
The Teenage Mafia Book 2 is another jewel on the book industry. Book 2 is an action packed thriller. It has a lot more venom than Book 1. After Lewis survived three shots from Redd, he wanted to make Redd along with his gang vanish. Lewis persuaded Steven to allow their crew (The Teenage Mafia) to join forces with C-Loc and his 6 St. gang. DL and Redd were already at war with C-Loc; then Steven and Lewis came along and added more destruction to a brutal battle. Lewis thought collaborating with The 6 St. gang was the perfect move because C-Loc had a small army and he hated Redd too. The envy these guys had for each other led to a school shooting, a brawl that took place at a mall, and more senseless killings. Their war became a chess game with real pieces. Read and find out which crew will capture their opponent's king and say the most honorable thing, CHECKMATE. Eric found himself in another love triangle and this time he fought his best friend Steven over his girl friend Honey. After Honey seduced Steven, he winded up sleeping with her. She recorded the sex and sent Eric some footage on his cell phone. Honey wanted sweet revenge because she discovered his sex tape made behind her back. Immediately, Eric wanted Steven dead. He decided to get some help from his untrustworthy cousin Redd. Redd had more beef than a bowl of soup. Redd and Lewis competed some more over Tammy. Tammy was confused about which guy she really wanted. Her feelings for Redd were stronger than what she would admit. Redd went all out trying to erase Lewis. While Steven was not fooling around with Honey, James's mother Zenobia caught his eyes. She found out about her son's involvement in The Teenage Mafia. Zenobia forced Steven to pull off a few robberies and bring her the prizes. Zenobia threaten to call the Police if he didn't do what she said. Steven fell in love with Zenobia; he was fascinated with her looks and sophistication. The 35 years old Zenobia was also falling in love with him-but she was unsure about going out with an 18 years old man.
Book Synopsis by : Henry F. Tyler
Download or read book written by Henry F. Tyler and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-09-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Teenage Mafia Book 2 is another jewel on the book industry. Book 2 is an action packed thriller. It has a lot more venom than Book 1. After Lewis survived three shots from Redd, he wanted to make Redd along with his gang vanish. Lewis persuaded Steven to allow their crew (The Teenage Mafia) to join forces with C-Loc and his 6 St. gang. DL and Redd were already at war with C-Loc; then Steven and Lewis came along and added more destruction to a brutal battle. Lewis thought collaborating with The 6 St. gang was the perfect move because C-Loc had a small army and he hated Redd too. The envy these guys had for each other led to a school shooting, a brawl that took place at a mall, and more senseless killings. Their war became a chess game with real pieces. Read and find out which crew will capture their opponent's king and say the most honorable thing, CHECKMATE. Eric found himself in another love triangle and this time he fought his best friend Steven over his girl friend Honey. After Honey seduced Steven, he winded up sleeping with her. She recorded the sex and sent Eric some footage on his cell phone. Honey wanted sweet revenge because she discovered his sex tape made behind her back. Immediately, Eric wanted Steven dead. He decided to get some help from his untrustworthy cousin Redd. Redd had more beef than a bowl of soup. Redd and Lewis competed some more over Tammy. Tammy was confused about which guy she really wanted. Her feelings for Redd were stronger than what she would admit. Redd went all out trying to erase Lewis. While Steven was not fooling around with Honey, James's mother Zenobia caught his eyes. She found out about her son's involvement in The Teenage Mafia. Zenobia forced Steven to pull off a few robberies and bring her the prizes. Zenobia threaten to call the Police if he didn't do what she said. Steven fell in love with Zenobia; he was fascinated with her looks and sophistication. The 35 years old Zenobia was also falling in love with him-but she was unsure about going out with an 18 years old man.
A suspenseful, emotionally charged real-life Sopranos: The son of New York's most notorious Mafia killer reveals the conflicted life he led being raised by a cold-blooded murderer, who was also a devoted family man, and the wrenching legacy of Mafia family life. Al DeMeo will never forget the day in 1992 when a coworker, a fellow trader at the New York Stock Exchange, taunted him with a copy of the hot new book Murder Machine, chronicling the horrific criminal life of DeMeo's father, Roy, the head of the most deadly gang in organized crime. The moment sent DeMeo into a psychological tailspin: How could he have spent his life looking up to, and loving, a vicious killer? For the Sins of My Father recounts the chilling rise and fall of the man who led the Gambino family's most fearsome killers and thieves, through the eyes of a son who had never known any other kind of life. Coming of age in an opulent Long Island house where money is abundant but its source is unclear, Al becomes Roy's confidant, sent to call in loans at age fourteen and gradually coming to understand his father's job description--loan shark, car thief, porn purveyor and, above all, murderer. But when Al is seventeen, Roy's body is found in the trunk of a car, a gangland slaying that places Al between federal prosecutors seeking his testimony and a mob crew determined to keep him quiet. Desperate to abide by the father-son bond, but equally determined to escape his father's dangerous and doomed life, Al Demeo embarks on a courageous quest for the truth, reconciliation, and honor. With the implacable narrative drive of a thriller and the power of a painfully honest memoir, For the Sins of My Father presents a startling and unprecedented perspective on the underworld of organized crime, exposing for the first time the cruel legacy of a Mafia life.
Book Synopsis For the Sins of My Father by : Albert DeMeo
Download or read book For the Sins of My Father written by Albert DeMeo and published by Crown. This book was released on 2003-09-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A suspenseful, emotionally charged real-life Sopranos: The son of New York's most notorious Mafia killer reveals the conflicted life he led being raised by a cold-blooded murderer, who was also a devoted family man, and the wrenching legacy of Mafia family life. Al DeMeo will never forget the day in 1992 when a coworker, a fellow trader at the New York Stock Exchange, taunted him with a copy of the hot new book Murder Machine, chronicling the horrific criminal life of DeMeo's father, Roy, the head of the most deadly gang in organized crime. The moment sent DeMeo into a psychological tailspin: How could he have spent his life looking up to, and loving, a vicious killer? For the Sins of My Father recounts the chilling rise and fall of the man who led the Gambino family's most fearsome killers and thieves, through the eyes of a son who had never known any other kind of life. Coming of age in an opulent Long Island house where money is abundant but its source is unclear, Al becomes Roy's confidant, sent to call in loans at age fourteen and gradually coming to understand his father's job description--loan shark, car thief, porn purveyor and, above all, murderer. But when Al is seventeen, Roy's body is found in the trunk of a car, a gangland slaying that places Al between federal prosecutors seeking his testimony and a mob crew determined to keep him quiet. Desperate to abide by the father-son bond, but equally determined to escape his father's dangerous and doomed life, Al Demeo embarks on a courageous quest for the truth, reconciliation, and honor. With the implacable narrative drive of a thriller and the power of a painfully honest memoir, For the Sins of My Father presents a startling and unprecedented perspective on the underworld of organized crime, exposing for the first time the cruel legacy of a Mafia life.
#1 Bestseller by Woodson James (True Crime). TRUE-LIFE story of notorious Mafia boss Johnny Toracio and his associate Carlo Juliano from the Salerno crime family in New York City.Orphaned and homeless in New York City at 14 years old, Carlo Juliano lived on the streets to survive until a local crime family boss, Johnny Toracio, gave him a job, a place to live, and a mentor for his new life as a gangster. For the next few years, Carlo flourished on the streets of New York befriending leaders of construction scams, art theft rings, drug cartels, biker gangs, extortion rackets, gambling, and cybercrime. "A lot of people talk about heaven and hell. I know where I'm going. I have a lot of friends down there, and I sent a lot of my enemies there too. They will all be waiting for me. You can put money on that."- Johnny ToracioSample from Book: Johnny told me a story about one of his associates, Lucky Charms.Johnny boasted, "Did you hear the story about how I got the club manager in line from Manhattan the other night when he disrespected Lucky? Lucky had a girlfriend who wanted to quit as a bartender in a joint that was connected to another family. She asked him to come with her when she told the manager she wanted to quit. When she tried to quit, the manager yelled at her, "You ain't going anywhere. Get back behind the bar." Lucky stood up for the girl and told the manager, "She's done working here, and that's it." The manager challenged Lucky, "Who the hell are you? Get out of here before I put a gun in your face."Lucky replied, "Look, you don't know who I am, and I don't know who you are. How about we handle this through our people? I'll go to my boss, and you can go to your boss. This will all get sorted out. I know Johnny from 101st avenue."The manager didn't believe Lucky knew me.He attempted to call Lucky's bluff by saying, "I don't care who you know, and I don't care about Johnny! I am not afraid of Johnny."Lucky told the manager, "Ok, no problem, I am going to leave."Lucky went straight to me. After he described what happened, I told Lucky to take me to see the manager. When we arrived, I walked in slowly wearing a long black overcoat. I knew he would recognize me immediately.The manager shrieked like a little girl, "Look, I had no idea! I thought your friend was bullshitting me! I am sorry! Please, I don't want any problems! I meant no disrespect!"In the back of the bar, I saw a door open with stairs behind it. I pointed to the door. and calmly told the manager, "We're going down to the basement."The manager walked in front of me. How scared was he? Who knows what he was thinking.He winced in pain when he nervously bumped into the doorway.When we arrived at the bottom of the stairs, I told him to turn around.I stared at him and he looked down on the ground. I pulled out my .357 revolver.His lip twitched.I ordered, "Get down on your knees." Then, I jammed my revolver in his mouth.His eyes developed a tearful gaze.His jaw shook uncontrollably. I declared, "I don't care who owns this place. I want $500 a week out of here. Do you understand?"That little girl wasted my time making me come out there to visit him. Now he had to pay.He couldn't go to anyone to protect him. He was fucked. I remember when a friend of mine used to rob banks, he looked at it as a regular job. He used to say, "There is no room for error in my work. If other people screw up at their legitimate jobs, then they get fired or reprimanded. If I screw up, I go to jail for over 10 years or I get shot. When I went into this, others told me the odds of getting away with robbing a bank my first time was 80%. I thought those odds were pretty good. I felt supercharged the first time I got away with it. I kept doing it - that was my demise. Eventually, the odds stacked up against me and I got caught."
Book Synopsis Teenage Mobster by : Carlo Juliano
Download or read book Teenage Mobster written by Carlo Juliano and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 Bestseller by Woodson James (True Crime). TRUE-LIFE story of notorious Mafia boss Johnny Toracio and his associate Carlo Juliano from the Salerno crime family in New York City.Orphaned and homeless in New York City at 14 years old, Carlo Juliano lived on the streets to survive until a local crime family boss, Johnny Toracio, gave him a job, a place to live, and a mentor for his new life as a gangster. For the next few years, Carlo flourished on the streets of New York befriending leaders of construction scams, art theft rings, drug cartels, biker gangs, extortion rackets, gambling, and cybercrime. "A lot of people talk about heaven and hell. I know where I'm going. I have a lot of friends down there, and I sent a lot of my enemies there too. They will all be waiting for me. You can put money on that."- Johnny ToracioSample from Book: Johnny told me a story about one of his associates, Lucky Charms.Johnny boasted, "Did you hear the story about how I got the club manager in line from Manhattan the other night when he disrespected Lucky? Lucky had a girlfriend who wanted to quit as a bartender in a joint that was connected to another family. She asked him to come with her when she told the manager she wanted to quit. When she tried to quit, the manager yelled at her, "You ain't going anywhere. Get back behind the bar." Lucky stood up for the girl and told the manager, "She's done working here, and that's it." The manager challenged Lucky, "Who the hell are you? Get out of here before I put a gun in your face."Lucky replied, "Look, you don't know who I am, and I don't know who you are. How about we handle this through our people? I'll go to my boss, and you can go to your boss. This will all get sorted out. I know Johnny from 101st avenue."The manager didn't believe Lucky knew me.He attempted to call Lucky's bluff by saying, "I don't care who you know, and I don't care about Johnny! I am not afraid of Johnny."Lucky told the manager, "Ok, no problem, I am going to leave."Lucky went straight to me. After he described what happened, I told Lucky to take me to see the manager. When we arrived, I walked in slowly wearing a long black overcoat. I knew he would recognize me immediately.The manager shrieked like a little girl, "Look, I had no idea! I thought your friend was bullshitting me! I am sorry! Please, I don't want any problems! I meant no disrespect!"In the back of the bar, I saw a door open with stairs behind it. I pointed to the door. and calmly told the manager, "We're going down to the basement."The manager walked in front of me. How scared was he? Who knows what he was thinking.He winced in pain when he nervously bumped into the doorway.When we arrived at the bottom of the stairs, I told him to turn around.I stared at him and he looked down on the ground. I pulled out my .357 revolver.His lip twitched.I ordered, "Get down on your knees." Then, I jammed my revolver in his mouth.His eyes developed a tearful gaze.His jaw shook uncontrollably. I declared, "I don't care who owns this place. I want $500 a week out of here. Do you understand?"That little girl wasted my time making me come out there to visit him. Now he had to pay.He couldn't go to anyone to protect him. He was fucked. I remember when a friend of mine used to rob banks, he looked at it as a regular job. He used to say, "There is no room for error in my work. If other people screw up at their legitimate jobs, then they get fired or reprimanded. If I screw up, I go to jail for over 10 years or I get shot. When I went into this, others told me the odds of getting away with robbing a bank my first time was 80%. I thought those odds were pretty good. I felt supercharged the first time I got away with it. I kept doing it - that was my demise. Eventually, the odds stacked up against me and I got caught."
The Italian-American mafia has its roots in a mysterious and powerful criminal network in Sicily. While the mythology of the mafia has been widely celebrated in American culture, the true origins of its rituals, laws, and methods have never actually been revealed. John Dickie uses startling new research to expose the secrets of the Sicilian mafia, providing a fascinating account that is more violent, frightening, and darkly comic than anything conceived in popular movies and novels. How did the Sicilian mafia begin? How did it achieve its powerful grip in Italy and America? How does it operate today? From the mafia's origins in the 1860s to its current tense relationship with the Berlusconi government, Cosa Nostra takes us to the inner sanctum where few have dared to go before. This is an important work of history and a revelation for anyone who ever wondered what it means to be "made" in the mob.
Book Synopsis Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by : John Dickie
Download or read book Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia written by John Dickie and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Italian-American mafia has its roots in a mysterious and powerful criminal network in Sicily. While the mythology of the mafia has been widely celebrated in American culture, the true origins of its rituals, laws, and methods have never actually been revealed. John Dickie uses startling new research to expose the secrets of the Sicilian mafia, providing a fascinating account that is more violent, frightening, and darkly comic than anything conceived in popular movies and novels. How did the Sicilian mafia begin? How did it achieve its powerful grip in Italy and America? How does it operate today? From the mafia's origins in the 1860s to its current tense relationship with the Berlusconi government, Cosa Nostra takes us to the inner sanctum where few have dared to go before. This is an important work of history and a revelation for anyone who ever wondered what it means to be "made" in the mob.
Over the last three decades, Italian crime fiction has demonstrated a trend toward a much higher level of realism and complexity. The origins of the New Italian Epic, as it has been coined by some of its proponents, can be found in the widespread backlash against the Mafia-sponsored murders of Sicilian magistrates which culminated with the assassinations of Judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in 1992. Though beginning in the Italian language, this prolific, popular movement has more recently found its way into the English language and hence it has found a much wider international audience. Following a brief, yet detailed, history of the cultural and economic development of Sicily, this book provides a multilayered look into the evolution of the New Italian Epic genre. The works of ten prominent contemporary writers, including Andrea Camilleri, Michael Dibdin, Elena Ferrante, and Massimo Carlotto, are examined against the backdrop of various historical periods. This "past is prologue" approach to contemporary crime fiction provides context for the creation of these recent novels and enhances understanding of the complex moral ambiguity that is characteristic of anti-mafia Italian crime fiction.
Book Synopsis Italian Crime Fiction in the Era of the Anti-Mafia Movement by : William Farina
Download or read book Italian Crime Fiction in the Era of the Anti-Mafia Movement written by William Farina and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last three decades, Italian crime fiction has demonstrated a trend toward a much higher level of realism and complexity. The origins of the New Italian Epic, as it has been coined by some of its proponents, can be found in the widespread backlash against the Mafia-sponsored murders of Sicilian magistrates which culminated with the assassinations of Judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in 1992. Though beginning in the Italian language, this prolific, popular movement has more recently found its way into the English language and hence it has found a much wider international audience. Following a brief, yet detailed, history of the cultural and economic development of Sicily, this book provides a multilayered look into the evolution of the New Italian Epic genre. The works of ten prominent contemporary writers, including Andrea Camilleri, Michael Dibdin, Elena Ferrante, and Massimo Carlotto, are examined against the backdrop of various historical periods. This "past is prologue" approach to contemporary crime fiction provides context for the creation of these recent novels and enhances understanding of the complex moral ambiguity that is characteristic of anti-mafia Italian crime fiction.
