基本信息出版社：Collins
页码：944 页
出版日期：2007年10月
ISBN：0061363855
条形码：9780061363856
装帧：精装
正文语种：英语
内容简介 Now, in an unbelievable find, comes the long-buried Bible of the Mafia and all its most storied players, at the height of that watershed era. Some time in the early 1960s, federal investigators compiled every known piece of information on more than 800 members of organized crime in the United States-from influential old-school gangsters like Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, and Frank Costello to the emerging thugs, like Joe Bonanno, Paul Castellano, and Vincent "the Chin" Gigante, who would dominate the criminal underworld in the 1960s and 1970s.Only fifty copies of this material-bound in a three-ring black binder, labelled simply MAFIA in green letters-were ever printed, and the book became the mother lode. Robert F Kennedy used to go after the Mob in his years as attorney general. One page of the book was devoted to every mobster, giving vital statistics, known aliases, family background, criminal record, and modus operandi; the result is an irresistibly browse able digest of hard facts and richly colourful details.
媒体推荐 Rich Cohen, New York Times Book Review
"Fascinating . . . . A panoramic view of the American underworld—the national face seen in a fun house mirror."
Legs McNeil
"Mafia is the Bible for Mafia-watchers and amateur detectives everywhere."
T.J. English
"Make room on your true-crime bookshelf for this veritable high school yearbook of America’s criminal class."
Nicholas Pileggi
"A treasure trove for true crime buffs and mob aficionados—the mug shots alone are worth the price of admission."
编辑推荐 Rich Cohen, New York Times Book Review
"Fascinating . . . . A panoramic view of the American underworld—the national face seen in a fun house mirror."
Legs McNeil
"Mafia is the Bible for Mafia-watchers and amateur detectives everywhere."
T.J. English
"Make room on your true-crime bookshelf for this veritable high school yearbook of America’s criminal class."
Nicholas Pileggi
"A treasure trove for true crime buffs and mob aficionados—the mug shots alone are worth the price of admission."