Career Criminal: My Life in the Russian Mob | Until the Day I Died

by Gary Govich

"Career Criminal, My Life in the Russian Mob Until the Day I Died" is a based on true events, tell-all memoir of a master lawbreaker and a world still heavily shrouded in mystery.

A first generation immigrant, I was born into the mafiya . I had no other way.

Throughout my tenure as Bratan, I commanded a crew of dastardly villains that knew not virtue and for whom truth was always unclean . They were deadly as they were brilliant.

In a series of complex schemes and manipulations, most involving the financial markets, we were able to bilk investors out of hundreds of millions.

We went all out, as if we had nothing to live. Like as if you held guns to our kids.

Murder was as ordinary as eating a Big-Mac sandwich.

"Career Criminal" is a stylish expose that takes you deep into the inner working and heavily guarded hierarchical structure of the Russian mafiya.

I'm not referring to what you've already looked at on the telley.

I take you deep within the framework of modern-day Russian organized crime and reveal for the first time, many of its closely protected secrets.

"Career Criminal" isn't just the story of my life It's the story of my death, rebirth, and an illuminating look at redemption and the afterlife.

Genres: Crime

394 pages, Paperback

First published November 2, 2008

Reviews

[Wayne Purvis]

I usually love true crime memoirs but once I actually purchased this I realised it was fiction or as the author put it when I researched it online as being two thirds truth.

I can believe the stories of his childhood and emigration to US but the gangster lifestyle sounds very far fetched, earning hundreds of thousands of dollars before the age of sixteen??

littered with spelling mistakes and bad grammar and I don't just mean the odd letter, in some places even half sentences repeated after themselves. It looks as though the author hasn't even bothered to read it through once he'd finished writing it.

My review may be a bit harsh as I haven't even finished it but I don't think I have the patience to finish it. If you're after a true crime memoir this is NOT it

[Nita Costello · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very unique raw story. This is a modern gangster/thug story with bits of humor, sadness, hope and brilliance.

[Ranette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Once you're in, you're in. Who is running the Russian mob and how does it effect others. Twists in this novel.

[Asna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a memoir and Gunz told his stories of crimes with details that if you have guts, you can try to do it. However, the setting was on 90's until ... about 2005/ 6, so bear that in mind before application. Most of the crimes he did were related to money-scams though: stock mostly, then foreign exchange. Rarely he killed and almost always on dope. His sense of wisdom kind of interesting too, affected by his criminal background obviously. In short, this book helps if you want to get some insight on how the mafia, Russian one, works including the organization chart and some information on tattoos.

[Carlos Trevino · Rating 5 out of 5]

May just be my favorite true crime autobiography to date. The book is filled from beginning to end with first hand accounts of how the Russian Mafia operates. But more than that, the book actually sucks you in to every detail of the author's life. I opened this book and couldn't close it until I was through.

[D Stein · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good up to date take on the Russian Mafia. I think people tend not to like it because of the bad grammer and the less than glamorized way GOVICH portrayed the Russian Mafia.