Sonny

The Last of the Old Time Mafia Bosses, John "Sonny" Franzese

By: S.J. Peddie

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's summary

John "Sonny" Franzese reportedly committed his first murder at the age of fourteen. As a "made man" for the Colombo crime family, he operated out of his Long Island home specializing in racketeering, fraud, loansharking, and other illicit deeds he would deny to his dying day. His career in organized crime spanned over eight decades - and he was sentenced to fifty years in prison for robbery charges. But even behind bars, Sonny Franzese never stopped doing business . . .

This is the true story of an old-school Mafioso as it's never been told before. Newsday reporter S. J. Peddie interviewed Franzese in prison - and uncovered a lifetime of shocking secrets from the legend himself: why FBI director J. Edgar Hoover had a very personal interest in Sonny; how Sonny managed to juggle numerous affairs with women, including a famous model; how Sonny spent a third of his life in prison - and still managed to earn untold millions for the mob; how Sonny accidentally revealed some of his worst crimes - to a "friend" wearing a wire; and how Sonny hobnobbed with celebrities such as Ava Gardner, Jayne Mansfield, Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dionne Warwick, among others.

This is a must-listen for anyone fascinated with Mafia history - and a rare look inside a criminal mind that has become the stuff of legend.

©2022 Sandra Peddie (P)2022 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Very good

The person reading this made several mistakes with pronunciation! I understand the names but penatenary!

Sonny was the last of a dying breed

Well put together. The great Sonny. Remained loyalty to the Cosa Nostra till the end. Very odd to have a female voice record for a story about a man like Sonny. Almost seems like an inside joke.

Not bad

Good story, not to detailed and left important things out. Still good enough, okay. Thx

Sonny, one of a kind

Made me laugh and sometimes cry too. What a character and lived to 103 years old. Must have had no conscious at all. Highly recommended.

great story, great narrator!

Great book! I listened to it twice in a row! The story grabs you right from the beginning and carries on throughout the whole book.

Sonny

This was a very informative and entertaining description of the life of mobster. I liked the interview model

It’s good

Good story very insightful on families of the mob , but I wanted to know bout sonny himself like what was the commission like or Capone

Absolute BS

This book is the absolute worst!!! Don’t waste your money. I don’t know where this lady got her info but take it from someone who actually knows this lady is full of crap! Notice this BS wasn’t published until Sonny passed away, there’s a reason for that! RIP Sonny you are truly missed

Rings untrue

it seemed like this author had to make up a lot of of the material I don't think Sunny was really willing to tell a lot do not recommend wish I could return

Please don't waste the money on this!!

I love listening stories about Sonny. I was so excited to read this, and so much is 2nd and 3rd hand accounts. The absolute worse about the whole story, the lady who reads it sounds like a kindergarten teacher. Seriously, one of the toughest gangsters ever, portrayed by a teacher.