{"product_id":"9781849012560","title":"The Mammoth Book of the Mafia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e30 inside stories of the American Mafia, Sicilian Cosa Nostra, Camorra and 'Ndrangheta\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eImages of life in the Mob pervade our film and TV screens, some glamorous, some horrific - what is the reality? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvestigative journalist Roger Wilkes has put together the largest ever collection of insider stories from prominent ex-mafiosi, infiltrators and award-winning writers. It contains tell-all accounts by the likes of:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard 'The Iceman' Kuklinski, the contract killer who claimed to have murdered over 200 people in a career lasting 43 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrankie Saggio, who 'freelanced' for all five of New York's Mafia families, narrowly escaping assassination before being busted for a major scam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoey Black, the Hitman, chillingly professional murderer of 38 victims and regarded by many as the 'original Soprano'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbert DeMeo, the son of a gangster, who later became a lawyer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Donnie Brasco', real name Joseph Pistone, the FBI agent, who worked undercover in the Bonanno and Colombo crime families in New York for six years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTommaso Buscetta, the Sicilian mafioso, the first \u003ci\u003epentito\u003c\/i\u003e, or informant, of real significance to break \u003ci\u003eomertà\u003c\/i\u003e. The two judges with whom he worked, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, were both later killed by the Mafia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the reality of the world of men you wouldn't want to cross.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172723966192,"sku":"9781849012560","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781849012560_p0.jpg?v=1763751576","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781849012560","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}