HONOR THY FATHER - Softcover

Talese, Gay

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1,442 ratings by Goodreads

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ISBN 10: 0449236307 ISBN 13: 9780449236307

Publisher: Fawcett, 1978

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A classic masterwork newly updated

The electrifying true story of the rise and fall of New York's notorious Bonanno crime family

On New York's Park Avenue on a rainy Tuesday night in October 1964, the famous Mafia chieftain Joseph Bonanno was kidnapped by two mobsters and reported by the police as dead on the following morning. More than a year later, Bonanno mysteriously reappeared, setting off a bloody mob feud that came to be known as the "Banana War."

In this monumental work--packed with intimate details and brilliant reporting--bestselling author Gay Talese first brought to the American consciousness a world and a life previously known to only a few. No other book has done more to acquaint readers with the secrets, structure, wars, power plays, family lives, and fascinating, frightening personalities of the Mafia.

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Review:

"Brilliant...Indispensable." -- Los Angeles Times

"An incredible job of reporting." -- Mario Puzo

"An invaluable document." -- New York Review of Books

Brilliant...Indispensable. --Los Angeles Times

An incredible job of reporting. --Mario Puzo

"An invaluable document."--New York Review of Books

"An incredible job of reporting."--Mario Puzo

"A marvelous piece of work, showing how a good journalist can catch a man just as he is ready to reconsider his past and is anxious to find someone who will listen...A book about a vanishing way of life in America: the Mafia."--Newsweek

"Brilliant...Indispensable."--Los Angeles Times

"Mr. Talese's insight will do more to help us understand the criminal than any amount of moral recrimination."--Times Literary Supplement (London)

A marvelous piece of work, showing how a good journalist can catch a man just as he is ready to reconsider his past and is anxious to find someone who will listen...A book about a vanishing way of life in America: the Mafia. --Newsweek"

Mr. Talese s insight will do more to help us understand the criminal than any amount of moral recrimination. --Times Literary Supplement (London)"

Brilliant...Indispensable. --Los Angeles Times"

An invaluable document. --New York Review of Books"

An incredible job of reporting. --Mario Puzo"

About the Author:

A former reporter for the New York Times, Gay Talese is a bestselling author who has written eleven books. He lives in New York City.

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