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November 4, 2014
Best Selling author Joe Bruno’s ebook in screenplay form “Snakeheads” is FREE today at Amazon.com.
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AMAZON.COM TOP 25 BEST SELLER IN “ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE”
AMAZON/UK TOP 30 BEST SELLERS IN “ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE”
(Snakeheads is written in the screenplay format.)
Snakeheads are the worst human beings known to man.
Snakeheads are Chinese gangsters, based both in China and in the United States, who smuggle Chinese immigrants into the United States.
The price is not cheap; $50,000 a head. And the process is brutal.
Because the Chinese people who yearn for a better life are dirt poor, a small percentage of the smuggling money is paid up front to the Snakeheads. However, the collection of the balance is certain; or bad things happen to the illegal Chinese immigrants: beatings, torture, and sometimes even death.
When they arrive in America, the illegal immigrants work in Chinese restaurants, for pennies an hour. They labor in hot kitchens for 12-18 hours a day, and after work, they are chained in a filthy room so they cannot escape.
If one of them does manage to escape, their relatives in China are punished instead.
“Snakeheads” is set in Manhattan’s Chinatown, where the Italian-American mob tries to horn in on the immense profits generated by the Snakeheads’ human smuggling operation. The Italians want their piece of the action, and the Chinese gangsters resist – violently.
Thrust into the middle of this warfare is an Italian-America detective, who falls in love with a Chinese businesswoman. Together, they attempt to eradicate the villains who profit on the backs of the poor illegal Chinese immigrants.
Snakeheads: Chinese Illegal Immigrant Smugglers – A Screenplay
November 2, 2014
October 31, 2014
Best Selling author Joe Bruno’s “Mob Rats – Jimmy ‘The Weasel’ Fratianno” is ranked No. 1 on Amazon.com in the category “Hot New Releases – Law Enforcement Biographies & Memoirs.”
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Jimmy “The Weasel” Fratianno got his nickname from his days as a petty pushcart thief in Cleveland, when he ran as “quick as a weasel” with an armful of fruit and vegetables while the cops chased him.
Rising quickly up the organized crime ladder in Cleveland, Fratianno, after doing a stint in the can for robbery and extortion, migrated west to Los Angeles where he hooked up with West Coast Mob boss, Jack Dragna. After doing a few “pieces of work” or murders for Dragna, Fratianno got his button and became a made man in the Mafia. Dragna soon appointed Fratianno as one of his captains, bypassing several irate mobsters who had served under Dragna for decades. Without even trying, Fratianno had made himself several serious enemies, and this would come back to haunt him.
Things began falling apart for Fratianno when, while he was in prison doing another bit for extortion, Jack Dragna died. After much infighting, Dominick Brooklier was anointed Dragna’s replacement, and one of his first acts was to bust Fratianno from captain back to a mere Mafia soldier.
Incredibly, after Brooklier got hit with a 20-month prison term for racketeering, conspiracy and extortion, he named Fratianno as the acting boss of his LA crime family. Fratianno, his proud chest bursting the buttons on his silk shirt because of his sudden promotion, didn’t realize he was being set up for the fall.
As soon as Brooklier hit the streets again, Fratianno discovered he was as good as dead. He ran to the Feds, and he offered to sing his finest tunes in return for the luxury of the Witness Protection Program. Over the next 10 years (he got only five years in jail after admitting he participated in six murders), Fratianno scammed the Feds for almost $1 million, in return for his testimony at several mob trials.
The Weasel had become a Rat, but the Federal Government was his patsy. Regrettably, it was our taxpayers’ dollars that compensated Fratianno handsomely, exhibiting once again the folly of our hard-earned tax dollars at work.
MOB RATS – JIMMY "THE WEASEL" FRATIANNO
October 30, 2014
Best Selling author Joe Bruno’s “Mobsters, Gangs, Crooks and Other Creeps-Volume 1 – New York City,” is ranked #1 on Amazon/UK in the category “Gang Violence.”
“Mobsters, Gangs, Crooks, and Other Creeps-Volume 1 – New York City” was the runner up in the eFestival of Words 2013 Book of the Year in the category “Nonfiction.“
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October 29, 2014
Another 5-Star review for Best Selling author Joe Bruno’s “Whitey Bulger – The Biggest Rat.”
5.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT READ!
October 28, 2014
By K. Cline (Everson WA.)
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Couldn’t hardly put this book down, Joe Bruno has written a gripping book about one of the more vile individuals in modern times, and I like how he lets the reader know he did a lot of research on said individual but knows he is a vile rat bastard. Will read more of Joe Bruno’s work.
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October 28, 2014
Two more 5-star review for Best Selling author Joe Bruno’s ” Mobsters, Gangs, Crooks and Other Creeps-Volume 1 – New York City.” These two reviews are on the Amazon/UK website.
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By Albert Grieve
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Great read! I can see where the film Gangs of NY came from.
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Five Stars,
By James Greene – See all my reviews
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A great book!
*****
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Mobsters, Gangs, Crooks and Other Creeps-Volume 1 – New York City
October 26, 2014
Best Selling author Joe Bruno has 5 of the top 20, and 20 of the top 90 Amazon Best Sellers in the category “Law Enforcement Biographies and Memoirs.”
“Mobsters, Gangs, Crooks, and Other Creeps-Volume 1 – New York City” is ranked highest at No. 4.
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October 25, 2014
Best Selling author Joe Bruno’s “Mob Rats – Five Volume Set” is now available on Amazon.com.
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Cover photo: Abe “Kid Twist” Reles
Joe Bruno’s “Mobsters, Gangs, Crooks, and Other Creeps” finished runner up (No. 2) in the 2013 eFestival of Words Best of the Independent Ebook Awards in the category “Nonfiction.”
Mob Rats Five Volume Set includes the following books:
1. Mob Rats – Abe “Kid Twist” Reles
2. Mob Rats – Joe Valachi
3. Mob Rats – Jimmy “The Weasel “ Fratianno
4. Mob Rats – Danny Greene
5. Mob Rats – Bald Jack Rose
*****
WHAT MAKES A RAT, A RAT? RATS ARE NOT MADE; PEOPLE ARE BORN RATS – Mathew J. Mari – New York City Criminal Attorney for 38 years
“Contrary to popular opinion, rats are born and not made.
People think law enforcement ‘turns’ people into rats by persuading them to ‘turn state’s evidence,’ as the old saying goes. There is a difference between the verb ‘rat,’ which is what a lot of people do, and the noun ‘rat,’ which is what a lot of people are.
Real men don’t rat because they still have to look at themselves in the mirror. The reason they don’t rat is not because of some oath of silence (omerta), or because they are afraid of being killed, but because they simply ARE NOT RATS. The people who rat (the verb) do it because they ARE RATS (the noun). The people who rat were born rats and simply do what they were born to do when the circumstances benefit them.
It’s really that simple.”
*****
Sonny Gerard – Mob Author and former member of organized crime.
Sonny served seven years in federal prison after being convicted of racketeering under the RICO statute.
“To some degree I agree with Mr. Mari, but not entirely, as it does not explain the large number of rats today compared to the past heyday of the mob.
First, there was a past loyalty based on shared experiences. Guys grew up together in neighborhoods, saved each other from harm, dated each other’s sisters, and ate in each other’s houses. Today, wannabes grow up in the suburbs. The only person they ever needed to survive was their mothers.
Secondly, the term ‘wiseguys’ was coined; not ‘stupidguys.’ When mob guys see rats are getting book deals, sitting under palm trees with bikini-clad girls next to them, and no one takes them out, the mob guys question their own intelligence.
Yes, there are men who look in the mirror and like what they see: Junior & Allie Boy Persico, John Gotti, and many others who were not bosses. They grew up in a neighborhood where everyone knew everything they did, and everyone despised rats; even while some of them were dry snitches (Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky were rats who sent Jake Lansky – Meyer’s brother – to the IRS with Waxey Gordon’s books to get Gordon out of their hair). Today, society encourages snitching; even on one’s parents.
All I know is – I have no problem looking in the mirror while I shave every morning.”
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October 24, 2014
Best Selling Author Joe Bruno has 19 of the top 72 ranked books on Amazon.com in the category “Hoaxes & Deceptions.”
“New York City’s Five Points: The Most Dangerous and Decadent Neighborhood Ever!” is ranked highest at # 8.
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Best Selling author Joe Bruno has 7 of the top 10 ranked books and 19 of the top 100 ranked books on Amazon.com in the category “Law Enforcement Biographies & Memoirs.”
“New York City’s Five Points: The Most Dangerous and Decadent Neighborhood Ever!” is ranked highest at #2.
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