Description: The acclaimed author of Unto the Sons penetrates the silence and secrecy of the Mafia and offers an intimate look at a powerful--and vanishing--way of life. "An invaluable document".--The New York Times Book Review.
Brief description:
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.
Review Quotes:
"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