Gottis Rules, George Anastasia
Gottis Rules, George Anastasia
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Gotti's Rules
The Story of John Alite, Junior Gotti, and the Demise of the American Mafia

Author: George Anastasia

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 9 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 01/27/2015


Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Honor and The Last Gangster—“one of the most respected crime reporters in the country” (60 Minutes)—comes the sure to be headline-making inside story of the Gotti and Gambino families, told from the unique viewpoint of notorious mob hit-man John Alite, a close associate of Junior Gotti who later testified against him.In Gotti’s Rules, George Anastasia, a prize-winning reporter who spent over thirty years covering crime, offers a shocking and very rare glimpse into the Gotti family, witnessed up-close from former family insider John Alite, John Gotti Jr.’s longtime friend and protector. Until now, no one has given up the kind of personal details about the Gottis—including the legendary “Gotti Rules” of leadership—that Anastasia exposes here. Drawing on extensive FBI files and other documentation, his own knowledge, and exclusive interviews with insiders and experts, including mob-enforcer-turned-government-witness Alite, Anastasia pokes holes in the Gotti legend, demystifying this notorious family and its lucrative and often deadly machinations.Anastasia offers never-before-heard information about the murders, drug dealing, and extortion that propelled John J. Gotti to the top of the Gambino crime family and the treachery and deceit that allowed John A. “Junior” Gotti to follow in his father’s footsteps. Told from street level and through the eyes of a wiseguy who saw it all firsthand, the result is a riveting look at a family whose hubris, violence, passion, and greed fueled a bloody rise and devastating fall that is still reverberating through the American underworld today.Gotti’s Rules includes 8 pages of black-and-white photographs.

About George Anastasia

George Anastasia, who spent more than thirty years reporting on crime for the Philadelphia Inquirer, is the grandson of Sicilian immigrants who settled in South Philadelphia. He is the author of six books of nonfiction, including Blood and Honor: Inside the Scarfo Mob—the Mafia’s Most Violent Family (which Jimmy Breslin called the “best gangster book ever written”); The Last Gangster; and The Summer Wind: Thomas Capano and the Murder of Anne Marie Fahey. He lives in southern New Jersey.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Walt on September 26, 2015

I am always a little cynical when reading first-hand accounts from mobsters-turned informant. The very public he-said - they-said spat between Alite and the Gotti Family only ratchet up the cynicism. However, George Anastasia has written some excellent books, including a very good book based on Tomm......more

Goodreads review by Carrie-Anne on January 29, 2015

This book is very well researched and goes in depth into both the Gotti Crime Syndicate and that of one "soldier" John Alite. It is amazing to me how much violence Alite alone was responsible for. He dealt drugs, ran prostitutes for a bit. He dabbled in everything illegal. Why? He could. George Ana......more

Goodreads review by David on July 19, 2017

Definitely worth the read, good candid account of the "life". Most likely embellished at parts but overall very true to form.......more

Goodreads review by Laura-Anne on January 03, 2018

The Fall of the Mafia in America Mr.Anastasia provides an in depth and harrowing tale of murder and mayhem within the ranks of the Gambino crime family in the 1980s and 1990s. It was style over substance, greed and violence over any romantic idea of honor. There is no honor in the life. Treachery and......more

Goodreads review by Courtney on March 13, 2017

I am not into this kind of material. Too unhappy, too true and too horrible to accept as reality for a chunk of people in America today. There really are people like this and I don't like that!......more