Blood and Honor, George Anastasia
Blood and Honor, George Anastasia
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Blood and Honor
Inside the Scarfo Mob - The Mafia's Most Violent Family

Author: George Anastasia

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 11 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/13/2021

Synopsis

Here is the critically acclaimed inside story, now in an expanded edition, about the rise and fall of Philadelphia's notorious Scarfo organization. Blunt and unsparing, it is a first-hand account of murder, money, and corruption told by wiseguy-turned-witness Nick Caramandi, whose testimony put Nicky Scarfo and many of his associates behind bars for the rest of their lives. A prime target for hit men to this day, Caramandi continues to survive only through the government's Witness Protection Program. In this updated edition of Blood and Honor, author George Anastasia picks up the story where he left off, filling us in on the fates of all the characters—major and minor—in recent years.

Contains mature themes.

About George Anastasia

George Anastasia was the mob writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer for years and is the author of six books on true crime. He is the recipient of numerous journalism awards and has worked on and been featured in a number of television documentaries, the most recent being a four-part series for the History Channel titled Kingpin that profiled the lives of John Gotti, James "Whitey" Bulger, Pablo Escobar, and Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on February 20, 2021

Anastasia is known as being a great writer on the inner workings of the Mafia, and he scored big in this 1990 book written based on interviews with Nick "The Crow" Caramandi, which really is the story of the rise and fall of the violent Scarfo family branch of La Costa Nostra, based in South Philly,......more

Goodreads review by Michael on July 23, 2021

Being from South Jersey right over the bridges from Philly these are stories and people that have been familiar through the news and stories since I can remember. George Anastasia does a great job of detailing the inner workings of the Philly Mob from Bruno to Scarfo. The bloody and brutal way of li......more

Goodreads review by Mark on September 23, 2013

This is an excellent telling of the story of the downfall of the Scarfo Family of Philadelphia. The book follows Nick Caramandi from his beginnings in crime to becoming a made-man in the Mafia of Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Caramandi was instrumental in the takedown of the Scarfo family and is n......more

Goodreads review by Michael on January 11, 2013

""I would say that this Mafia book written about,Nicodemo, "Little Nicky" Scarfo,was one of the best that I have read! This mob boss whose hair-triggered temper and love for violence has not been matched since the days when Al Capone ruled Chicago! A must read for lovers of this genre of writing!......more

Goodreads review by Troy on January 10, 2025

This is a story of the downfall of the Scarfo Family of Philadelphia. The book follows Nick Caramandi from his beginnings in crime to becoming a made-man in the Mafia of Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Caramandi was instrumental in the takedown of the Scarfo family and is now in the Witness protecti......more

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