Gaspipe, Philip Carlo
Gaspipe, Philip Carlo
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Gaspipe
Confessions of a Mafia Boss

Author: Philip Carlo

Narrator: Alan Sklar

Unabridged: 12 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/22/2008


Synopsis

Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, the boss of New York's Lucchese crime family, was a Mafia superstar, responsible for more than fifty murders. Currently serving thirteen life sentences at a federal prison in Colorado, Casso has given journalist and New York Times bestselling author Philip Carlo the most intimate, personal look into the world of La Cosa Nostra ever seen. By pure happenstance, Casso had lived next door to the family of young Philip Carlo, who was able to get into the mind, heart, and soul of one of the most cunning, ruthless mob bosses in the annals of crime history. In Gaspipe, Casso reveals the shocking details behind headline-making crimes and crime figures, such as:

—The mob's decision that John Gotti had to be taken out after whacking Big Paul Castellano without approval—and how Casso got the order to hit Gotti

—A fly-on-the-wall view of the Mafia commission sit-down at which John Gotti was made capo di tutti capi, the boss of all bosses

—The insidious relationship between La Cosa Nostra and the Russian Mafia, and how the Lucchese family murdered the most-feared assassin in the Russian mob

—Details of secret sit-downs with mob bosses Vincent "The Chin" Gigante and John Gotti, and the notorious Sammy "The Bull" Gravano

—How Gravano made fools of the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI

—The real story of the Mafia Cops and the revelations of other law enforcement personnel on Casso's payroll

—How the Mafia managed to get a tight stranglehold on most unions in America

—The truth behind the Mafia's real role in bringing huge amounts of narcotics into the United States

—How federal prison officials were bought and sold by the Mafia

—The intimate details of the women behind the Mafiosi

—The truth behind the assassinations of JFK and RFK

—Who killed Jimmy Hoffa, and where his body is

—Why J. Edgar Hoover protected the Mafia

Chilling and illuminating, unvarnished and entertaining, Gaspipe is a roller-coaster ride into a world few outsiders have ever dared to enter.

About Philip Carlo

Philip Carlo grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, amidst the world's highest concentration of Mafia members. His intimate knowledge of their walk and their talk helped him become a successful crime writer. His breakthrough, the critically acclaimed The Night Stalker, chronicles the brutal career of serial killer Richard Ramirez. Philip lives in New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Opiated on January 25, 2011

This book should have been titled Gaspipe: Delusions of a Mafia Boss. That is how it reads. This is Casso's version of events during his reign as a deranged mobster. Murder after murder and crime after crime are justified as something Casso just had to do because he was a 'man's man'. When other maf......more

Goodreads review by Eric on September 05, 2024

A hagiographical look at one of the most prominent mafia leaders of the late 20th century. Feels a lot like it was designed to be turned into a Scorsese flick. I still enjoyed it but I’m always skeptical of these biographies that have specific conversations on things that happened 30 years prior to......more

Goodreads review by Keri on July 22, 2011

The writing style was repetitive and extremely amateur (simple spelling errors, abrupt tone changes, stretched metaphors, etc). I generally like books about the mafia, but Carlo managed to make this one quite boring - which is hard to do with a mafia story! Also, he clearly has a slanted view of Cas......more

Goodreads review by Mike on January 01, 2024

I like mafia books….......more

Goodreads review by Austin on June 04, 2014

Loved this book. Couldn't put it down! Philip Carlo is one of my favourite true crime authors, hands down.......more