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Honor Thy Father
Honor Thy Father
Author: Gay Talese
The Mafia-the most discussed, least understood subject in America-is a syndicate of approximately 5,000 men belonging to twenty-four separate "families" located in major cities in every region of the United States. Since the Prohibition era, it has specialized in providing those illegal commodities which, in Lippmann's words, human appetites cra...  more »
ISBN: 336877
Publication Date: 1971
Pages: 490
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Publisher: World Publishing
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Really amazing piece of research, reporting and writing.
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This is a nitty-gritty picture of the Mafia as seen from the inside by a New York journalist Gay Talese. Non-fiction.


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