Boss of Bosses: The Fall of the Godfather- The FBI and Paul Castellano

book much better than movie :)

Also bought this for a friend for Christmas,he loved the book

I really enjoyed reading this. I knew very little of Sam Giancana and The Outfit in Chicago. This guy was definitely the real deal! It was compelling learning just how much The Outfit had their hand in. Sam Giancana was really good at being able to see all the angles and capitalize on them. He was never not working on some new deal for The Outfit. I did start to feel bad for the rest of his family. They had to deal with a lot of stuff. Their only crime was being related to Sam Giancana. None of the books I've read on organized crime has a happy ending and this one is no different. There's really only a couple of ways for these stories to end. Anyone who has an interest in the history of organized crime should enjoy reading this book.

This book is not the greartest page turner, but it is a very interesting take on the saga. It appears the (2) FBI agents have a bit of an ego as well as Big Paul. There was a lot of work involved in bringing down the Commission so it was not a total waste of time, but I think that they were a little miffed at John Gotti for taking away their big prize. All in all, Paul got what he deserved. He should have never accepted the position offered to him. He was most unqualified for the job. The underboss was the next in line so, really you can blame a lot of the families troubles on Carlo picking family over Family. Paul was actually a pig, he had no understanding of respect. Not for either family. Though he was not a total idiot, his buisness acumin would have been put to better use as the #2 or #3 man in the family. And even though Carlo picked him, it was his own fault to allow the feds to record so much of his buisness. I've read many books on the Mafia, and this is certainly one of the better ones.

Very well written account of a close up investigation of Paul Costellano. It was book I found hard to put down. One problem: the planting of the bug inside Costellano’s home Is different from another account. It leaves me wondering which story is correct.

A view inside the Mafia crime families of NYC

One of the best New York mafia books I have read. Not so much about actually mob information. But an in site into what it's like to be the Godfather!

Easy read with both sides of the coin. I did not care for the FBI low class comments about the way some of the mobsters looked or dressed. Seemed a bit below the standards of professional law men. But the book was great.