Yes, majicrat, you are correct. The book about Luciano came out way before Bonanno’s did. It was titled, “The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano” — and was written by Martin A. Gosch and Richard Hammer. I actually have the book.

But the big difference with that book as opposed to Bonanno’s is that it wasn’t a true autobiography by Luciano.

Gosch had supposedly been in negotiations with Lucky to co-author a book about his life. But Luciano died midstream, before the project could really get underway in earnest, and certainly before it could be completed. So how much of it was Luciano, and how much of it was Gosch? Lol. Therein lies the rub!

It is extremely debatable just how much of the book were actually the words and thoughts of Lucky Luciano himself, as opposed to how much of the book was the ‘poetic license’ of Gosch and Hammer.

In my personal opinion — after having read the book myself — I believe the vast majority of what’s between those two covers is a lot of hogwash. I was very disappointed in the book. For me, it was a lot of fluff with very little substance.

You can almost tell that much of the thoughts and information supplied was inserted by someone who really had no idea about what they were tailing about — namely, Martin Gosch.