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.Elvis and the Memphis Mafia
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by: Alanna Nash, Billy Smith, Marty Lacker, Lamar Fike

August 29, 2005
Elvis and the Memphis Mafia is a book easily capable of satisfying Elvis fans - the strength of this book lies in the sheer amount of fresh information and the simple approach with which it's delivered. The book is basically comprised of transcribed conversations with the "Memphis Mafia" - Elvis' famed band of associates that were with the Rock `n' Roll superstar throughout most of his amazing career. With the information being supplied by members of Elvis' entourage the book flows with an air of authenticity and succeeds in painting a realistic picture of the veritable icon we now call "the King". Wrapped up within the 700+ pages are moments of humour, poignancy, intrigue and candour that make "Elvis and the Memphis Mafia" a truly immersing ... Read More:
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.Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia
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by: Peter Maas

July 13, 1999
This is an interesting look at the mob from someone who was a made member of the Cosa Nostra. Sammy the Bull Gravano is no angel and he pulls no punches, as he regales the reader with his tale of growing up on the mean streets of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn as the dyslexic son of Italian immigrants. A high school drop-out, Sammy graduated from local street gangs to the Cosa Nostra, taking a blood oath of silence. So much for promises.

This book is a series of taped interviews that are edited by the author, who interposes little analysis but serves to connect the dots. The feel of the book is gritty, and Sammy the Bull Gravano comes across as a reasonably intelligent person who made a knowing choice early on to enter into a lifestyle that was ... Read More:
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.A Way of Life: Over Thirty Years of Blood, Sweat and Tears
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by: Reginald Kray

June 22, 2001
I brought this book when i was home in oxford england for the plane ride Back to the USA.
I could not put it down.
Ive always had an intereast in the twins and being an Ex pat Brit you find things much more intreasting when you can relate being from the same background.
American organized crime is written about very much in fact their is thousands of books to read about the mafia.

This book is about Reg and his time locked up for 30 years not so much about the twins heyday in the 60s.
Reg talks about the highs and lows of his time inside and about the cruel way the authorities play with your mind.
The prisons in general seem not to be intreasted in rehab but only interested in breaking men and their spirits. ... Read More:
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.The Havana Mob: How the Mob Owned Cuba ... and Then Lost it to the Revolution: How the Mob Owned Cuba ... and Then Lost It to the Revolution
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by: T.J. English

September 04, 2008
I brought this book when i was home in oxford england for the plane ride Back to the USA.
I could not put it down.
Ive always had an intereast in the twins and being an Ex pat Brit you find things much more intreasting when you can relate being from the same background.
American organized crime is written about very much in fact their is thousands of books to read about the mafia.

This book is about Reg and his time locked up for 30 years not so much about the twins heyday in the 60s.
Reg talks about the highs and lows of his time inside and about the cruel way the authorities play with your mind.
The prisons in general seem not to be intreasted in rehab but only interested in breaking men and their spirits. ... Read More:
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.The Last Godfather: The Life and Crimes of Arthur Thompson
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by: Reg McKay

June 15, 2007
Forget the Krays,the real top dogs in gangland uk were Arthur Thompson and his crew.Running britains toughest city(glasgow)for 30 years was no mean feat.Being shrewd enough to stay out of jail and networking with firms all over the uk made sure Thompson was the kingpin of gangland Britain not just Scotland.From MAD FRANK to the GUVNOR homage is paid to THE LAST GODFATHER.
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.Mr Nice and Mrs Marks: Adventures with Howard
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by: Judy Marks

August 02, 2007
Having read Mr Nice a few years ago, which I found very enjoyable, I decided to give this one a go. The book was interesting and well written but shows Howard Marks to be not quite as 'nice' as he comes across in his own book.
Unlike the thoughts of some other reviewers, Judy does not to me come across as compassionate and warm at all! She has never worked a day in her life, preferring it would seem, to live off her husband's criminal earnings.
She does love her kids and tries to do her best for them and at one part in the book, describes her disgust at finding that friends of her husband had hidden drugs in her house putting herself and the children in danger. This struck me as ironic, given that she expresses no shame at all in any part of the book, at ... Read More:
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.Armed Candy: A True-life Story of Organised Crime
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by: Reg McKay

May 23, 2002
This true life tale set in south glasgow gangland is a good read.Although pseudonyms r used for most of the characters , if you read any of the scottish papers around the time of john simpsons (paul sim )shooting it is quite easy to figure out who is who.Bud cummings is gangster stuart boyd who died in a car crash in 2004.
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.Gomorrah: Italy's Other Mafia
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by: Roberto Saviano

November 02, 2007
I read this book before retiring to bed over several nights. I found it hard to put down, yet each time I turned the page I thought the narrative might pick up, become more personal and lead me somewhere more satisfying. Is it me? Do I lack that bit of inside information that would help me digest and put more clarity to the situation? The information came at you wholesale, floods of it...names, places, so many names and places, complicated by my lack of knowledge of places and probably politics, background and pronunciation. So many killings...don't get me wrong, I loved it and recommend it ...yet it left me wanting just that little bit more explanation. All the while I was reading the book I was constantly nagged by the question...what was Saviano's perspective on all this ... Read More:
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.The Gambino Crime Family: A Mafia Family Revealed
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by: Biographiq

February 20, 2008
This is a very basic and poorly written book. Half of this text is actually a license for copying and the factual content is very basic if not negligable. If you are looking for an interesting, well written book full of facts and stories then you want to avoid this one. What a dissapointment!
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.Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia
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by: John Dickie

August 02, 2004
by far the most interesting book I have read in ages, everything you wanted to know about the Mafia. And as everyone says, 'LEMONS!'?!?
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