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Lädt ... The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino (2013. Auflage)von Matt Birkbeck
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To what extent was Rosario "Russell" Bufalino involved in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa in 1975? In the CIA's recruitment of gangsters to assassinate Fidel Castro? In organizing the historic meeting of crime chieftains in 1957? Even in the production of The Godfather movie? Secretive--even reclusive--Russell Bufalino quietly built his organized crime empire in the decades between Prohibition and the Carter presidency. His reach extended far beyond the coal country of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and quaint Amish farms near Lancaster. Bufalino had a hand in global, national, and local politics of the largest American cities, many of its major industries, and controlled the powerful Teamsters Union. His influence also reached the highest levels of Pennsylvania government and halls of Congress, and his legacy left a culture of corruption that continues to this day. A uniquely American saga that spans six decades, The Quiet Don follows Russell Bufalino's remarkably quiet ascent from Sicilian immigrant to mob soldier to a man described by a United States Senate subcommittee in 1964 as "one of the most ruthless and powerful leaders of the Mafia in the United States." Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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It is perhaps a testament to the gangster's ability to remain tight lipped and in the shadows, that the author seemed to struggle to compile an entire book on the man. The book pivots from the early days of organized crime in Pennsylvania, to a recent scandal involving a prominent Bufalino connected businessman (Louis DeNaples)and the politics around him, to Bufalino's story itself.
While the author does a good enough job of breaking down who Bufalino was and how he rose to prominence, there is not enough to fill an entire book, and the flipping between Bufalino's story and the modern day trials and tribulations of DeNaples is random and breaks up the flow of the book.
There were several areas I found to be problematic. The first was the author's insertion of various reports and trial transcripts, which go on for pages at a time. While it is great to have a historical document, I don't think anyone really benefits from reading three pages of Bufalino pleading the fifth. It just comes across as filler after a point. The second was the reliance on "I Heard You Paint Houses". Much of what Frank Sheeran claims has been derided as straight lies or vast exaggerations. Given Sheeran's relationship with Bufalino, it is understandable Brandt's book would be referenced, but Birkbeck passes along Sheeran's version of events with no disclaimer or other heads up as to the veracity of what Sheeran claims.
The other qualm I had was the author makes grand claims and then drops the subject. The most glaring example of this was when he asserted Bufalino was running three crime families at once (his own, the Magaddino and the Genovese families). This is a fascinating and huge claim, but then dropped (and with little to support it).
These factors aside, I think the author did a well enough job with the resources available to him; there is a enough quality content to make this a strong book, but with a different format. ( )