The Deadly Don

Vito Genovese, Mafia Boss

By: Anthony M. DeStefano

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

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

Deadly Don

Really cool compilation and storytelling of the life of Vito Genovese. The boss of bosses.

Yawn

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

very enjoyable read

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.

Great !

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

Excellent Biography

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!