Underboss - Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia

Zusatztext " Underboss is fascinating for its anthropologically detailed portrait of a subculture some of us can't get enough of." Informationen zum Autor Peter Maas's is the author of the number one New York Times bestseller Underboss. His other notable bestsellers include The Valachi Papers, Serpico, Manhunt, and In a Child's Name. He lives in New York City. Klappentext "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. Zusammenfassung "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.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Maas, Maas Peter
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.01.1999
• EAN: 9780060930967
• ISBN: 978-0-06-093096-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; True Crime, Memoirs, Reference works, Organized crime, General and world history, History of the Americas, The Americas, Crime and criminology, Biography: historical, political and military, True crime: serial killers and murderers, Criminal law: procedure and offences, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, TRUE CRIME: Murder / General, TRUE CRIME: Organized Crime, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Criminals & Outlaws, TRUE CRIME: Historical, HISTORY: Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), TRUE CRIME: Murder / Serial Killers, HISTORY: Essays, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Cultural & Regional