Honor Thy Father, Paperback/Gay Talese
Descriere
A classic masterwork newly updated The electrifying true story of the rise and fall of New York's notorious Bonanno crime family On New York's Park Avenue on a rainy Tuesday night in October 1964, the famous Mafia chieftain Joseph Bonanno was kidnapped by two mobsters and reported by the police as dead on the following morning. More than a year later, Bonanno mysteriously reappeared, setting off a bloody mob feud that came to be known as the "Banana War."In this monumental work--packed with intimate details and brilliant reporting--bestselling author Gay Talese first brought to the American consciousness a world and a life previously known to only a few. No other book has done more to acquaint readers with the secrets, structure, wars, power plays, family lives, and fascinating, frightening personalities of the Mafia.
Despre autor
Gaetano „Gay” Talese este un scriitor american. Ca jurnalist pentru The New York Times și revista Esquire în anii 1960, a contribuit la definirea jurnalismului literar contemporan și este considerat, împreună cu Joan Didion, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson și Tom Wolfe, unul dintre pionierii Noului Jurnalism. Cele mai cunoscute articole ale lui Talese sunt despre Joe DiMaggio și Frank Sinatra.
