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Re: First Mafia Book you ever read? [Re: DE NIRO] #762463
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Re: First Mafia Book you ever read? [Re: DE NIRO] #762697
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I think that was the second mafia book i read..

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Re: First Mafia Book you ever read? [Re: DE NIRO] #762817
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Mine was actually "The Godfather"

As for non-fiction, I believe that it was "My Life In The Mafia" by Vincent Teresa



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Re: First Mafia Book you ever read? [Re: DE NIRO] #762830
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Am i the only one thats never read a mafia book?

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Re: First Mafia Book you ever read? [Re: DE NIRO] #762831
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Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia, then Murder Machine.
Re: First Mafia Book you ever read? [Re: DE NIRO] #777171
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The Valachi Papers, not too long after it was published.

The second and third Mafia books I read was also the Valachi Papers.

I read it several times before graduating to The Godfather.
Re: First Mafia Book you ever read? [Re: DE NIRO] #777272
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Westies then murder machine
Re: First Mafia Book you ever read? [Re: DE NIRO] #777359
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Only book I have ever read on this was the godfather. Didn't they make luca a pussy in the movie?

Do they have the murder machine as an audio book? I want to see what it was really like in the Gemini lounge. Some Said on this that Roy was gay? Do they say that in the book?

Reading puts me to sleep. But an audio book I can get past I think?

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Re: First Mafia Book you ever read? [Re: DE NIRO] #777360
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Have a book on the Westies as well. I have to get that audio book as well.

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Re: First Mafia Book you ever read? [Re: Footreads] #777368
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Originally Posted By: Footreads
Only book I have ever read on this was the godfather. Didn't they make luca a pussy in the movie?

Do they have the murder machine as an audio book? I want to see what it was really like in the Gemini lounge. Some Said on this that Roy was gay? Do they say that in the book?

Reading puts me to sleep. But an audio book I can get past I think?



Doesn't necessarily say it in the book. They say that Roy liked the company of Senter, Testa, Borelli and Rosenberg because they were young, handsome, virile and he could probably get more women on the side by virtue of being around them.

He didn't have the best childhood on account of bullying and his weight so he was probably just making up for it in his adulthood.

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Re: First Mafia Book you ever read? [Re: Moe_Tilden] #777373
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I read "The Valachi Papers" while I was still in high school. Probably around 1975, give or take a year.

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Re: First Mafia Book you ever read? [Re: DE NIRO] #777390
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i had to be around 10-12 when i read donnie brasco, waaay before the movie or anyone cared.

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Re: First Mafia Book you ever read? [Re: cheech] #777458
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Originally Posted By: cheech
i had to be around 10-12 when i read donnie brasco, waaay before the movie or anyone cared.

I know what you mean, Cheech. I read that book while it was still in hardcover and on the best seller list. It had to be around '88 or '89. By the time the movie came out it was almost anti-climactic for me.

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Re: First Mafia Book you ever read? [Re: DE NIRO] #777582
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How big was the Donnie Brasco stuff on the news, PB?

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Re: First Mafia Book you ever read? [Re: pizzaboy] #777619
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Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: cheech
i had to be around 10-12 when i read donnie brasco, waaay before the movie or anyone cared.

I know what you mean, Cheech. I read that book while it was still in hardcover and on the best seller list. It had to be around '88 or '89. By the time the movie came out it was almost anti-climactic for me.


ill never forget when i bought it...on the weekends my father used to take us on road trips...we would drive up to new hampshire for the day...have lunch and then drive home...some flea market type place on the side of the road had it in the used book section with the cover ripped off...got it for like 50 cents...i still have it...reminds me of simplier times

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Re: First Mafia Book you ever read? [Re: cheech] #777626
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Originally Posted By: cheech
i had to be around 10-12 when i read donnie brasco, waaay before the movie or anyone cared.


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