Boss Of Bosses Book Review

The fall of the godfather the fbi and paul castellano.

Boss of bosses book review. A former enforcer to the liggio gang he survived some of. The fbi and paul castellano tells the story of the downfall and murder of paul castellano who headed the gambino family in new york. Free shipping on qualifying offers. A journey into the heart of the sicilian mafia.

The fall of the godfather. O brien author andris kurins with simon schuster 22 45 0p isbn 978 0 671 70815 3 buy this book. Across the ocean however in the ancestral sicilian homeland of la cosa nostra the mafia was anything but finished. Kirkus review compelling extraordinarily resonant account of the last days of a failing mafia don written by the two fbi agents who managed to infiltrate paul castellano s staten island estate and gather evidence that eventually led to the indictment of many major mafia kingpins in the highly publicized mob busting commission case of 1985.

Obrien and andris kurins boss of bosses. In the 1980s the broad legal mandate of the rico act succeeded in crushing much of the backbone of the traditional american mafia.