Giovanni's Ring

My Life Inside the Real Sopranos

By: Giovanni Rocco, Douglas Schofield - contributor

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Giovanni's Ring is the story of "Giovanni Rocco," a New Jersey police officer, known undercover as "Giovanni Gatto," who was the mysterious agent at the epicenter of Operation Charlie Horse, a federal undercover operation that ultimately brought down ten members and associates of New Jersey's DeCavalcante Mafia family, the criminal organization known as "the real Sopranos."

Giovanni spent nearly three years working his way into the DeCavalcante hierarchy. That lethal assignment brought the undercover operation to an end in March 2015, and the resulting string of high-profile arrests eviscerated the criminal organization.

Giovanni's Ring is not simply a chronicle of Giovanni Rocco's adventures in the murky and dangerous Mafia world he inhabited, but also a fascinating window into the psychological struggles that such a life inevitably entails.

©2021 Giovanni Rocco and Douglas Schofield (P)2022 Tantor

Great Book

What a fabulous book. Well written and well performed. A must listen. Really enjoyable. And a big thanks for your service to Giovanni .

Ver well read

Enjoyed the narrator’s inflection. Good modern story. A mob story taking place in the last 20 years.

Donnie Brasco 2.0

I got through this one very quickly, which is a sign of a good one. I hoped it would tell us more about the crime family itself but this focused more on just his capo and the people under him, which is fine. Still a good addition for any mob reader because this one is recent.

Best in class

Very good story. Best I've read / listened to about true deep cover ops in the mob.

What a great listen!

I listened to this book in one day.
I found myself laughing at times, it was as if I were right there.
This true story should definitely be a movie one day soon.
Cheers