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Underboss by Peter Maas (Paperback)

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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Peter Maas
ISBN
9780060930967
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060930969
ISBN-13
9780060930967
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1102520

Product Key Features

Book Title
Underboss : Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Murder / Serial Killers, Organized Crime, Criminals & Outlaws, Criminology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Peter Maas
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
97-157286
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
Underboss is fascinating for its anthropologically detailed portrait of a subculture some of us can't get enough of., Brilliantly constructed and grimly fascinating. . . . The result is a terrific and important book. . . . It's important because it is a morality play on the subject of loyalty. To whom are you loyal, and from who should you be able to expect loyalty?, "An absorbing, intimate, alluring tale of power, greed, and Mob intrigue." -- People "A riveting job of detailing real Mafia life. . . . It's a quick, exciting reading and Maas deserves full marks for generally keeping the sharks of the mob from looking like dolphins. There's no chrome in the jalopy of Gravano's life." -- Detroit Free Press "Breathtaking...Supremely stylish." -- New York magazine "Brilliantly constructed and grimly fascinating. . . . The result is a terrific and important book. . . . It's important because it is a morality play on the subject of loyalty. To whom are you loyal, and from who should you be able to expect loyalty?" -- New York Times Book Review "A page turner that Maas writes in Gravano's voice. It's one readers will hear in their heads for a long while." -- Booklist "Underboss is fascinating for its anthropologically detailed portrait of a subculture some of us can't get enough of." -- Time, A riveting job of detailing real Mafia life. . . . It's a quick, exciting reading and Maas deserves full marks for generally keeping the sharks of the mob from looking like dolphins. There's no chrome in the jalopy of Gravano's life., A page turner that Maas writes in Gravano's voice. It's one readers will hear in their heads for a long while.
Dewey Decimal
364.1/092
Synopsis
"Brilliantly constructed and grimly fascinating. . . . The result is a terrific and important book. . . . It's important because it is a morality play on the subject of loyalty. To whom are you loyal, and from who should you be able to expect loyalty?" -- New York Times Book Review Sammy the Bull Gravano is the highest-ranking member of the Mafia in America ever to defect. In telling Gravano's story, Peter Maas brings us as never before into the innermost sanctums of the Cosa Nostra as if we were there ourselves--a secret underworld of power, lust, greed, betrayal, and deception, with the specter of violent death always waiting in the wings., In March of 1992, the highest-ranking member of the Mafia in America ever to defect broke his blood oath of silence and testified against his boss, John Gotti. He is Salvatore (Sammy the Bull) Gravano, second-in-command of the Gambino organized-crime family, the most powerful in the nation. Today, Gotti is serving life in prison without parole. And as a direct consequence of Gravano's testimony, Cosa Nostra - the Mafia's true name - is in shambles. In Underboss, based on dozens of hours of interviews with Gravano, much of it written in Sammy the Bull's own voice, we are ushered as never before into the uppermost secret inner sanctums of Cosa Nostra - an underworld of power, lust, greed, betrayal, deception, sometimes even honor, with the specter of violent death always poised in the wings. Gravano's is a story about starting out on the street, about killing and being killed, revealing the truth behind a quarter-century of shocking headlines. It is also a tragic story of a wasted life, of unalterable choices,and the web of lies, weakness, and treachery that underlie the so-called Honored Society.

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