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Mafia Prince
- Inside America's Most Violent Crime Family and the Bloody Fall of La Cosa Nostra
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
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Summary
Mafia Prince is the first-person account of one of the most violent eras in Mafia history - "Little" Nicky Scarfo’s reign as boss of the Philly family in the 1980s - written by Scarfo’s underboss and nephew, "Crazy" Phil Leonetti.
The youngest-ever underboss at the age of 31, Leonetti was at the crux of the violent downfall of the traditional American Mafia in the 1980s when he infiltrated Atlantic City after gambling was legalized, and later turned state’s evidence against his own. His testimony directly led to the convictions of dozens of high-ranking made men including John Gotti, Vincent Gigante, and his own uncle, Nicky Scarfo - sparking the beginning of the end of La Cosa Nostra.
Just as The Godfather and Boardwalk Empire defined the early 20th century Mafia, and Wiseguy and Casino depicted the next great era through the ’70s, Mafia Prince concludes this epic genre revealing the Mafia’s violent final heyday of the 1980s straight from the horse’s mouth.
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- L. Gallagher
- 12-03-21
An insight to the Mafia
Good book well read. It's no wonder the Mafia collapsed the way it carried on.
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- Dave
- 10-03-20
fantastic..
loved every minute from start to finish.
they should make this into a film it's brilliant
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- Tim
- 13-03-16
Brilliantly
If you like true life gangster story's you will love this. It's difficult to believe that people can be so awful. I very much enjoyed googling all the characters on Google image to add flesh to the names.
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- PaulC6230
- 23-09-17
Great Audiobook
I really enjoyed listening to this Audiobook, the narrator done a great job telling the story. There was a few too many characters but that's understandable due to the story being about the Cosa Nostra. I'll definitely listen to this more than a 2nd time.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-01-22
Great!
incredible story and incredible way of life, if not for all the right reasons. Great narrative.
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- Westley
- 05-01-19
Wow
What a book I can’t believe how good this book is .what a insight into the mafia
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- Kindle Customer 007
- 26-11-22
True.
So pleased the FBI brought all the families down. All the family participants appear to be not of the human race, good riddance to the lot of them!
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- Graham G.
- 30-06-23
really enjoyable
Well narrated, interesting story. like somebody sitting at your kitchen table and telling you a story rather than rain you a book.
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- Sonya
- 18-02-21
Organised crime explained
This book is as raw is it can get. You have everything: psychology (or psychopathy) or mobsters, high life lived in fear, treachery, suspicion, lies, mud. It is a poignant account of men who often couldn't chose the life they led. You even feel a bit sorry for them, just like one does watching the Sopranos. But as bodies pile up, and as you go deeper into the story, you see the "business" for what it really is: a hell on earth. Excellent performance by L. J. Ganser. 5 stars.
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- Graham G Grant
- 04-01-19
Family breakdown
A gangster turns informant to bring down his kingpin uncle in a bloody Mafia saga...
The intersection of this story, about the Philadelphia and Atlantic City Mob, with the New York Mafia is fascinating for organised crime enthusiasts: characters like Vincent ‘Chin’ Gigante and John Gotti, bosses of the powerful New York crime families, are revealed as puppetmasters deciding the fate of gangsters beyond their city limits. This is a forensic dissection of the unravelling of the Philadelphia Mob as told by Phil Leonetti, former underboss and acting boss, who turned informant to reduce a massive jail sentence. His uncle Nicodemo Scarfo is portrayed as a power-hungry Mob chieftain who begins eliminating even his closest allies in the paranoid belief that they pose a threat to his leadership. The narration is clear and the story enthusiastically told, but there’s a lot of needless repetition of key phrases - I lost count of the number of times ‘La Cosa Nostra’ was explained and defined. Overall this is an excellent glimpse of life inside one of the most ruthless and successful Mafia families in the US.
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