I picked it up Saturday night and just finished it.

DeStefano is a truly gifted writer. He was able to display that there is plenty of gray area in even the most horrific personality. Carneglia's actions (like keeping souvenirs from his victims, as if he was an unsub on an episode of "Criminal Minds") are some of the most shocking you'll ever read. They're right up there with anything the DeMeo crew ever pulled. But he's able to display some humanity in the man without coming off like a mob groupie (he was good to his mother and little kids, etc.).

In other words, DeStefano writes that Carneglia deserves to live out his days in prison, but he did have a decent side to him, and, to DeStefano's credit, he wasn't afraid to write about it. There's also plenty of stuff about Junior Gotti's crew during the '90s, after Senior went to prison. To my knowledge, it's the first book to really touch on the subject. You know that if Mikey Scars or John Alite ever write a book it's going to be filled with utter bullshit. This one has the ring of truth to it.

In short, it's thoroughly researched and well written. DeStefano should be covering the mob for one of the major New York outlets.

Bonus: At the straight-to-paperback price of $6.99, it won't set you back at all.