| The Goodfella Tapes Contributor(s): Anastasia, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062009338 ISBN-13: 9780062009333 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Organized Crime - True Crime | Murder - Serial Killers - True Crime | Historical |
| Dewey: 364.106 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.35 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1990's - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Locality - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Goodfella Tapes by George Anastasia is the true story of how the FBI recorded a mob war and brought down a mafia don. A riveting, eye-opening true crime masterwork in the vein of Wiseguy, Underboss, Havana Nocturne, The Valachi Papers, and other bestselling expos s of life in La Cosa Nostra, Goodfella Tapes is an astonishing story of the brutal acts and remarkable blunders of soldiers, capos, and kingpins of the Philadelphia mob and the ingenuity of government agents that, combined, help topple a powerful criminal enterprise. |
Contributor Bio(s): Anastasia, George: - George Anastasia, who spent more than thirty years reporting on crime for the Philadelphia Inquirer, is the grandson of Sicilian immigrants who settled in South Philadelphia. He is the author of six books of nonfiction, including Blood and Honor: Inside the Scarfo Mob--the Mafia's Most Violent Family (which Jimmy Breslin called the "best gangster book ever written"); The Last Gangster; and The Summer Wind: Thomas Capano and the Murder of Anne Marie Fahey. He lives in southern New Jersey. |