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Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss
by: Philip Carlo

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781845963651
ISBN: 1845963652
Label: Mainstream Publishing
Manufacturer: Mainstream Publishing
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: August 07, 2008
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
Studio: Mainstream Publishing
Sales Rank: 11798

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- A good read
A good read but a bit longwinded. Enjoyed the book but found my mind wandering during some of it.What a bunch of snitchers the mafia ended up being, all these confessions of books are all about those who ended up telling all in the hope of getting a shorter sentence. This is another.
Most mafia or murder buffs will enjoy this, it is one of the better tales.

Rating:

- woeful
i have read pretty much every mafia book going and this was without a doubt the worst, most badly researched and least factual tome i have ever had the misfortune to pay for.
there is no detail whatsoever. there are something like 72 chapters with so little detail in each it makes a mockery of the term true crime.
no mention of why and how casso was thrown out of the witness protection programme or any detailed analysis of his own court case.
no index either and that tells you all you need to know about a so called non-fiction true account.
full of simple errors, non sequiturs and cliches.
perhaps gaspipe himself had final copy approval because there is no other explanation for the blatant glossing over of all ... Read More:

Rating:

- A little disappointing
Was looking forward to reading this for many months before publication, had previously read Philip Carlo's "The Ice Man" and had enjoyed his eloquent and entertaining writing.
On the positive side Carlo portrays Gaspipe as a human being and tries to explain his actions in an almost sympathetic way rather than the one dimensional brutal, systematic killer he has been portrayed by most recent writers.
For avid readers on this subject there is not a great deal new contained within the book and the very short chapters give the impression that the author is struggling to find the material to fill the book.
Interestingly though one of Gaspipe's revelations completely debunks one of the main claims in Carlo's previous book "The Ice ... Read More:

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- Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss
If your interested in the mafia between 70's and 80's this is the book for you to read. It will give you the understanding of what it is all about. I've just started reading mafia books in the past year and this book puts everything into perspective. Fantastic book! You'll find it hard to put down. The author Philip Carlo is brilliant the way he has wrote this book. Short chapters have made this a better read. Goes back to old days and to gas pipes era. FANTASTIC. ALAN HAASE. U.K

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