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Vinny Gorgeous The Ugly Rise and Fall of a New York Mobster

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ISBN-10: 0762785411

ISBN-13: 9780762785414

Edition: N/A

Authors: Anthony DeStefano

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A vain man of good looks, small means, and no family links to the mob, Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano steadily worked his way up to acting boss of the Bonanno crime family, becoming its leader when official boss Joseph Massino went to the clink in 2003. But at a time when the Mob was crawling with secret operatives and informants caving to government pressure to flip, Basciano obeyed the code of La Cosa Nostra. “I got faith in one guy,” he told a group of mobsters during a secretly taped meeting. That man was Joseph Massino, head of the Bonanno borgata. But for all his loyalty, Basciano was still a hot-headed, cold-blooded killer, which led to his arrest. Then, in a remarkable betrayal…    
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Book details

List price: $23.95
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 7/2/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English