Made Men, Greg B. Smith
Made Men, Greg B. Smith
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Made Men
The True Rise-and-Fall Story of a New Jersey Mob Family

Author: Greg B. Smith

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 9 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/02/2018

Synopsis

For years, the DeCavalcantes, the most powerful Mob family in Jersey, labored in the shadows of the more famous families in New York—the likes of the Gambinos and the Columbos. Dismissed by the big-city capos, the DeCavalcantes finally came into their own when they found their lives mirrored in the television hit, The Sopranos. Overnight it legitimized the made men of the Garden State. Now they were a familia to be reckoned with. Unfortunately with high profile came high risk. As member turned against member, as trusted friend turned terrified informant, the FBI put the brakes on the DeCavalcante’s explosive ride into infamy, hastening a fall from honor that would become as infamous as their notorious ascension into the annals of organized crime.Based on more than 1,000 hours of secretly recorded conversations, Made Men delivers, for the first time, the unprecedented and completely uncensored behind-the-scenes truth of a historically clandestine world—of violent life and sudden death inside and outside the mob, told by the very men who made it.

About Greg B. Smith

Greg B. Smith, reporter for New York’s Daily News, covers the federal courts in Brooklyn and Manhattan that serve as Ground Zero in the battle to end mafia influence in America. An investigative reporter for nearly twenty years, Smith has written for The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Examiner, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and other newspapers around the country. He’s also a frequent guest on TV and radio discussing everything from racketeering to the Latin Kings street gang to world terrorist organizations. Mr. Smith lives with his wife and two boys in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carlos on September 27, 2012

Short but great story that is difficult to get bored with due the fact that rather than focusing on the main story, you also get full background stories on other mafiosos involved. I especially enjoyed the backstories on how The Sopranos "borrowed" ideas from this NJ mob.......more

Goodreads review by Marc on August 23, 2010

Poorly written, tough to read. Decent story.......more

Goodreads review by Stefanie on February 28, 2021

I generally buy every Mafia related book I come across, so I was excited to find this one. I have not read much about the organized crime families in New Jersey. Most of the things I find are about the New York families. This was very interesting, and I enjoyed it.......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on December 10, 2021

As far as Mafia lore and books go, this one was decent. I think in the pantheon of legendary mobsters, the Decavalcantes aren't that interesting. It doesn't help that the writing style doesn't seem to be telling any actual story. Ralph Guarino becomes an informant and mostly just records all his col......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on February 01, 2024

I thoroughly enjoyed Greg's very detailed book about the New Jersey mob of the 90s and early aughts. Matched up well the success off the Sopranos and showed how entrenched and success the NJ mob was at the beginning of the 21st century, and that it wasn't just "Farmers". Quick read and shows how the......more

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