The Valachi Papers

New York Times Bestseller

“As fascinating as fiction, a bloody history of the Mafia as lived by one of its members." —New York Times Book Review

The First Inside Account of the Mafia

In the 1960s a disgruntled soldier in New York's Genovese Crime Family decided to spill his guts. His name was Joseph Valachi. Daring to break the Mob's code of silence for the first time, Valachi detailed the organization of organized crime from the capos, or bosses, of every Family, to the hit men who "clipped" ...