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    A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. scuff marks, but no holes or tears. If this is a hard cover, the dust jacket may be missing. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. No highlighting of text, no writing in the margins, and no missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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    Publisher
    HarperCollins
    ISBN-10
    0060930969
    ISBN-13
    9780060930967
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    1102520

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    Underboss : Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia
    Number of Pages
    336 Pages
    Language
    English
    Topic
    Cultural Heritage, Organized Crime, Criminals & Outlaws, Historical, Criminology
    Publication Year
    1999
    Illustrator
    Yes
    Genre
    True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
    Author
    Peter Maas
    Format
    Trade Paperback

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    0.8 in
    Item Weight
    0.4 Oz
    Item Length
    8 in
    Item Width
    5.3 in

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    LCCN
    97-157286
    Reviews
    "A riveting job of detailing real Mafia life. . . . It's a quick, exciting reading and Maas deserves full marks for generally keeping the sharks of the mob from looking like dolphins. There's no chrome in the jalopy of Gravano's life." - Detroit Free Press "An absorbing, intimate, alluring tale of power, greed, and Mob intrigue." - People "Breathtaking...Supremely stylish." - New York magazine "Brilliantly constructed and grimly fascinating. . . . The result is a terrific and important book. . . . It's important because it is a morality play on the subject of loyalty. To whom are you loyal, and from who should you be able to expect loyalty?" - New York Times Book Review "A page turner that Maas writes in Gravano's voice. It's one readers will hear in their heads for a long while." - Booklist "Underboss is fascinating for its anthropologically detailed portrait of a subculture some of us can't get enough of." - Time, Underboss is fascinating for its anthropologically detailed portrait of a subculture some of us can't get enough of., Brilliantly constructed and grimly fascinating. . . . The result is a terrific and important book. . . . It's important because it is a morality play on the subject of loyalty. To whom are you loyal, and from who should you be able to expect loyalty?, "An absorbing, intimate, alluring tale of power, greed, and Mob intrigue." -- People "A riveting job of detailing real Mafia life. . . . It's a quick, exciting reading and Maas deserves full marks for generally keeping the sharks of the mob from looking like dolphins. There's no chrome in the jalopy of Gravano's life." -- Detroit Free Press "Breathtaking...Supremely stylish." -- New York magazine "Brilliantly constructed and grimly fascinating. . . . The result is a terrific and important book. . . . It's important because it is a morality play on the subject of loyalty. To whom are you loyal, and from who should you be able to expect loyalty?" -- New York Times Book Review "A page turner that Maas writes in Gravano's voice. It's one readers will hear in their heads for a long while." -- Booklist "Underboss is fascinating for its anthropologically detailed portrait of a subculture some of us can't get enough of." -- Time, A riveting job of detailing real Mafia life. . . . It's a quick, exciting reading and Maas deserves full marks for generally keeping the sharks of the mob from looking like dolphins. There's no chrome in the jalopy of Gravano's life., A page turner that Maas writes in Gravano's voice. It's one readers will hear in their heads for a long while.
    Dewey Edition
    21
    Dewey Decimal
    364.1/092
    Synopsis
    "Brilliantly constructed and grimly fascinating. . . . The result is a terrific and important book. . . . It's important because it is a morality play on the subject of loyalty. To whom are you loyal, and from who should you be able to expect loyalty?" -- New York Times Book Review Sammy the Bull Gravano is the highest-ranking member of the Mafia in America ever to defect. In telling Gravano's story, Peter Maas brings us as never before into the innermost sanctums of the Cosa Nostra as if we were there ourselves--a secret underworld of power, lust, greed, betrayal, and deception, with the specter of violent death always waiting in the wings., In March of 1992, the highest-ranking member of the Mafia in America ever to defect broke his blood oath of silence and testified against his boss, John Gotti. He is Salvatore (Sammy the Bull) Gravano, second-in-command of the Gambino organized-crime family, the most powerful in the nation. Today, Gotti is serving life in prison without parole. And as a direct consequence of Gravano's testimony, Cosa Nostra - the Mafia's true name - is in shambles. In Underboss, based on dozens of hours of interviews with Gravano, much of it written in Sammy the Bull's own voice, we are ushered as never before into the uppermost secret inner sanctums of Cosa Nostra - an underworld of power, lust, greed, betrayal, deception, sometimes even honor, with the specter of violent death always poised in the wings. Gravano's is a story about starting out on the street, about killing and being killed, revealing the truth behind a quarter-century of shocking headlines. It is also a tragic story of a wasted life, of unalterable choices,and the web of lies, weakness, and treachery that underlie the so-called Honored Society.

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    • by usgrego-pw3jfb
      11 Feb, 2019

      perfect title

      the bottom line is no matter how he tries to spin it, hes still nothing but an untruest worthy RAT..................shows the extent of the governments hypocrisy.....admitting to 19 murders and gets a whopping 5yrs..........F*@K the government and sammy the rat

      Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: book_outlet

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      25 Aug, 2018

      Mafia unveiled

      Instiight into a personal journal of one's life.

      Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thrift.books

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      25 Apr, 2017

      Love it

      Oh man, its a real story..

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      25 Feb, 2016

      Excellent book

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