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Politics and Pasta: How I Prosecuted Mobsters, Rebuilt a Dying City, Dined with Sinatra, Spent Five Years in a Federally Funded Gated Community, and Lived to Tell the Tale
Politics and Pasta How I Prosecuted Mobsters Rebuilt a Dying City Dined with Sinatra Spent Five Years in a Federally Funded Gated Community and Lived to Tell the Tale
Author: Vincent 'Buddy' Cianci Jr, David Fisher
The most candid (and easily the funniest) political memoir in a generation from one of the nation's most talked-about mayors... — "Colorful" is not a sufficient enough word to describe Buddy Cianci. The subject of a New York Times bestseller, an Emmy Award-winning documentary, and creator of Mayor's Own Marinara sa...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312592806
ISBN-10: 0312592809
Publication Date: 3/15/2011
Pages: 368
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  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
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2.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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Good Providence, Rhode Island political memoir told in a funny, light-hearted manner. He's candid about the highs and lows of his political career as well as his failings. However he doesn't tell it chronologically, he bounces around in time a lot. The chapters are too long and i would have liked to read more on his time in prison.
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