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Vinny Gorgeous - The Ugly Rise And Fall Of A New York Mobster (Paperback)
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Vinny Gorgeous - The Ugly Rise And Fall Of A New York Mobster (Paperback)
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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 that shook
the Five Families to their foundation, Massino secretly cooperated
with the FBI--the first official boss""ever to roll over. As a
result, Basciano faced the death penalty, but a federal jury,
disturbed by the prosecution's use of criminal informants, reached
a surprising verdict. Veteran crime author Anthony M. DeStefano
tells the riveting story of the last true believer in the Mob's
cult of brotherhood and how he was betrayed by the only man he ever
trusted.
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