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Way Of The Wiseguy
New in paperback with a 60-minute audio CD featuring dramatic FBI surveillance from the Donnie Brasco operation which was used in court to put 120 Mafia members in jail, heres spellbinding stories provide a first-hand look at this lawless realm of badguys, which is often uncannily relevant to the workings of legitimate big business and everyday social discourse.
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
April 13th 2005
by Running Press
(first published March 1st 2004)
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This book rocked. And with chapter headings like "Why Wiseguys Never Lose a Fight" and "Wiseguys Never Make Reservations," how could it not? It explained a lot of nitty-gritty about mob life, some of it hilarious (apparently it's called "going to the mattresses" because all the wiseguys live together during mob wars, sleeping on mattresses on the floor! It's like mafia sleepaway camp! And they designate someone to cook! Apparently preparing a good tomato sauce ...more
I picked up this book randomly while walking through the Non-Fiction section at the library. I enjoyed the Donnie Brasco movie, as well as other Mafia movies. I liked the way the book was set up, and found it to be quick, fun reading. I also find it very impressive that the author was able to infiltrate the Mafia so well, especially after reading a lot of the traditions and feelings of members of the Mafia in the book.
By the former FBI undercover aka Donnie Brasco, this self-aggrandizing, poorly written book tells what it’s like to live as a member of the mafia. Absolutely nothing you haven’t learned from Goodfellas and The Godfather Trilogy movies.
Fascinating insight into what real wiseguys do and how they do it. Book is awesome, but the real treat is the FBI Audio Surveillance CD it comes with.
Fascinating insights into real life of mafia wise guys, from one who knows...Donnie Brasko
Memoirs of Donnie Braso [aka Joseph Pistone:].
Cute and cheesy, not bad for a rat!
Odds and ends, random facts about wiseguys and the mafia. There's a lot of good, entertaining stuff in here, but when you get done with it you just wish there was more to it. And for some reason, you get the impression that Pistone never has a conversation without the phrase "You know, when I was undercover as Donnie Brasco..." popping up at least twice.
Sometimes humorous, sometimes frightening description of mob life and mobsters that will disenchant those who may romanticize that lifestyle. It is a quick, easy read with short chapters that are headed with a statement such as "Wiseguys are Cheap" and proceeds to explain why the statement is true through example and recollection. Very entertaining.
Anyone who has seen and enjoyed Donnie Brasco will love this book. It is written by the FBI agent Joseph Pistone would went undercover as Donnie Brasco. He teaches everything about what it's like to be in the mafia and the attitudes behind such a lifestyle.
Great read for new readers of the crime world. A detailed account of what makes up some of the ruthless killers that Donnie Brasco worked with, it outlines what drives these men to the life that they lived and died with.
Book was very redundant. Had a lot of good insite to the Mob World, but was written as if it were a text book or cook book. I was very disappointed with the book.
this was a neat book written half by an author and half by a mobster. It's a ficton about the mafia. If you like mobster stuff, you'll like this!
Rehash of the first book. He's back for more cash I guess.
Punk
marked it as find-and-read
5 stars from Belmanoir.
Tony
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skip it, if you read Donnie Brasco then you will learn nothing from this book.
Markpahud
marked it as to-read
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