The Deadly Don: Vito Genovese, Mafia Boss

by Anthony M. DeStefano Narrated by Danny Campbell

Overview

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 fifteen years-and securing his infamous place in the history of organized crime.

Editorial Reviews

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Praise for Pulitzer Prize winner
ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO
and his acclaimed books
 
“Terrific.”
—Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy and Casino
 
“Thrilling American crime writing.”
—Jimmy Breslin, author of The Good Rat and winner of the Pulitzer Prize
 
“DeStefano is a master at cutting through the secrecy of the Mafia hierarchy.”
—Publishers Weekly
 
“[A] well researched take on organized crime . . . Will appeal to
                 readers of criminal histories and tales of New York’s political underworld.”
—Kirkus Reviews
 
“DeStefano’s book tracks the downfall [of] all of the old organized crime families . . . unique insights.”
—New York Law Journal
 
“The best and last word on the subject . . . DeStefano brings the story to life.”
—Jerry Capeci, creator of GangLandNews.com

Product Details

BN ID:	2940178718087
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	07/20/2021
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	1,041,863

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