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The Deadly Don

Vito Genovese, Mafia Boss

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The Deadly Don

By: Anthony M. DeStefano
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
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From enforcer to godfather, Vito Genovese rose through the ranks of La Cosa Nostra to head of one of the wealthiest and most dangerous crime families in American history.

In The Deadly Don, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anthony M. DeStefano presents the rise and fall of Vito Genovese in this first comprehensive biography of the legendary mafioso - from his childhood in Naples, Italy, and the beginnings of his bullet-ridden criminal career on lower Manhattan's mean streets, through his self-exile in the mid-1930s back to his homeland where he ran a black market operation under the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini, and his return to New York where Genovese made a fortune as the head of an illegal narcotics empire. DeStefano reveals the important and terrifying role Genovese played in the creation of the Mafia, detailing his bloody and ruthless lifetime of crime that would put him behind bars for his last 15 years - and securing his infamous place in the history of organized crime.

©2021 Anthony M. DeStefano (P)2021 Tantor Biographies & Memoirs Crime Historical Organized Crime True Crime Mafia Italy New York Exciting
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Really cool compilation and storytelling of the life of Vito Genovese. The boss of bosses.

Deadly Don

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The author is good. Paint dries faster! Too much repetition to the point of redundancy. I like details but too many.

Yawn

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I enjoyed it, even though I knew a fair bit about Genovese prior to reading it, I still got to find out more. Good read.

very enjoyable read

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As a man with the name Genovese from the same area as Vito this book made me feel good, i was impressed with details i haven’t Heard after years of studying the topic

Great !

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Well written and researched. A definitive and up to date biography long lacking in the literature. Unfortunately, they hired Grandpa Simpson as the narrator. Would have enjoyed the audio version more had they gone with somebody with a more hard boiled style of performance. Either way, great book!

Excellent Biography

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Excellent. But nothing new about this subject. If you have listened to or read other books about him, you won't find out any new details.

Good details

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It’s crazy how much these guys had gotten away with , Definitely worth checking out, so many wimps today, just a couple of them could really kick ass today, If they could dodge all the cams anyway

Interesting

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Didn't like narrorator's voice. Too much fiction lifted from other books i.e., Last Testament of Lucky Luciano, presented as fact, which is unusual for this author.

Borderline fiction

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A lot of information that is already known. Nothing really new but it is put together well and is quick with not a lot of unnecessary banter. Long live the La Cosa Nostra

It’s Decent

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Sets up what became fear city in Netflix documentary. Really fascinating characters and how they worked.

Good base for the mob

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