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Title: The Way of the Wiseguy by Joseph Pistone ISBN: 0-7624-1839-7 Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers Pub. Date: 02 March, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.43 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: NOW, JUST A MINUTE HERE...
Comment: Strikes me that some reviewers are missing the point, but that may be in part because this book hasn't been properly marketed. This isn't another revelatory mob rehash, and it doesn't purport to be. Instead, it's a sharp, all-encompassing, witty and (dare I say) ultimately profound commentary not just on the mobsters' lifestyle, attitudes and mores, but on human nature itself. Parts of it are funny- - hilarious, in fact; parts are breathtakingly cruel. But the big question this book raises is whether wiseguys (even undercover ones like Pistone) are better or worse than the rest of us- - or if they simply represent what the human animal is, stripped of all the frills. I'm a writer, and I loved this book. So does everyone I know.
Rating: 2
Summary: Don't waste your time.
Comment: The book has like 30 chapters whcih might make you think there is a lot of material. Not so. Many "Chapters" are 1 or less pages long. The whole book is basically anecdotal tales of Pistone's time in the Mafia. While it may be correct, it's very superficial. One or two stories per topic.
The last reveiwer was right. Lot's of profanity. It's almost as if he's trying to talk to people who are thinking of joining the Mafia just to let them know how it is. Not a lot of big words if you get my idea.
Also, for a < 200 page book, there is a lot of repetition. Each chapter could exist on it's own, so you end up reading about Joe/Donnie's sit-down more than once.
If you have seen any mob movies and the Sopranos, you know everything this books tells you. Even worse, is that he mentions Godfather and Goodfellows several times and mentions the Sopranos only once. Not that I really care, just that it's current and obvious that he is just cashing in on Soprano's current popularity.
Rating: 1
Summary: thin and weak
Comment: There isn't a whole lot to this book. Several 1 page chapters and blank pages. You can get a lot more information in other books. I loved Donnie Brasco, but this seems like a cheap way to get a quick buck.
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Title: Gangsters and Goodfellas: The Mob, Witness Protection, and Life on the Run by Henry Hill, Gus Russo ISBN: 1590770293 Publisher: M. Evans and Company Pub. Date: June, 2004 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph D. Pistone ISBN: 0451192575 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: A Goodfella's Guide to New York: Your Personal Tour Through the Mob's Notorious Haunts, Hair-Raising Crime Scenes, and Infamous Hot Spots by Henry Hill, Bryon Schreckengost ISBN: 0761515380 Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA) Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Jerry Capeci's Gang Land by Jerry Capeci ISBN: 1592571336 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Born to the Mob: The True-Life Story of the Only Man to Work for All Five of New York's Mafia Families by Frankie Saggio, Fred Rosen ISBN: 1560255595 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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