by Grouchy Sinatra » Mon Feb 15, 2021 3:03 pm
Rat wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 9:52 pm
Thanks for the replies, although I'm a bit skeptical on the book a lot of the reviews are mixed stating it's mainly just general mafia info with only a bit of SF sprinkled in. Plus I'm pretty left-wing myself but the author labels herself as "ANTIFA" in her own Twitter bio which makes me suspect about her mafia writing.
I saw somewhere online that the FBI believed the SFPD was protecting Lanza, does anyone know about these allegations?
The book is horrible. I made the mistake of buying it new. It was $30. I'm from Sacramento and interested in the mafia so of course I just have to buy a book about the nearest mafia family to where I'm from. I mean I would have rather spent that $30 on a good dinner, because I didn't even get one single evening's worth of joy from this book.
First off it's only like a hundred and something pages. It says 200 pages on Amazon but like half of that is references, etc. The book seems to end just as it begins. I'm pretty sure it was just a money making scheme by the author.
Regarding the info, It really is just a cookie cutter rehash of mob history that inserts already well known facts about SF into the basic Bill Kurtis history of the mob from prohibition through Appalachian. The author tries to add a regional bias sense of humor, takes shots at Raider fans, it's just really stupid. I've even tried rereading it while bored a couple of times, thinking it has to have some redeemable value. It doesn't.
You'll get far more info on the SF and SJ families right at this website, from posters like B., Antiliar, and several others. Very extensive backgrounds on the families and its members that this book barely scratches the surface on.
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Thanks for the replies, although I'm a bit skeptical on the book a lot of the reviews are mixed stating it's mainly just general mafia info with only a bit of SF sprinkled in. Plus I'm pretty left-wing myself but the author labels herself as "ANTIFA" in her own Twitter bio which makes me suspect about her mafia writing.
I saw somewhere online that the FBI believed the SFPD was protecting Lanza, does anyone know about these allegations?
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The book is horrible. I made the mistake of buying it new. It was $30. I'm from Sacramento and interested in the mafia so of course I just have to buy a book about the nearest mafia family to where I'm from. I mean I would have rather spent that $30 on a good dinner, because I didn't even get one single evening's worth of joy from this book.
First off it's only like a hundred and something pages. It says 200 pages on Amazon but like half of that is references, etc. The book seems to end just as it begins. I'm pretty sure it was just a money making scheme by the author.
Regarding the info, It really is just a cookie cutter rehash of mob history that inserts already well known facts about SF into the basic Bill Kurtis history of the mob from prohibition through Appalachian. The author tries to add a regional bias sense of humor, takes shots at Raider fans, it's just really stupid. I've even tried rereading it while bored a couple of times, thinking it has to have some redeemable value. It doesn't.
You'll get far more info on the SF and SJ families right at this website, from posters like B., Antiliar, and several others. Very extensive backgrounds on the families and its members that this book barely scratches the surface on.