Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia
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ISBN: 0453005578 / Publisher: New American Library, January 1988
A former FBI special agent tells how, posing as jewel thief Donnie Brasco, he lived as a Mafia insider for over six years and informed the FBI of the mob's involvement in extortion, gambling, theft, bribery, drug trafficking, and murder
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Posing as jewel thief "Donnie Brasco," FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone carried out the most audacious sting operation ever, working undercover for six years to infiltrate the flamboyant community of mafia soldiers, "connected guys," captains, and godfathers.Now his unforgettable eyewitness account brings to pulsating life the entire world of wiseguystheir code of honor and their treachery, their wives, girlfriends and whores, their lavish spending and dirty dealings.With the drama and suspense of a high-tension thriller, Joseph Pistone reveals every incredible aspect of the jealously guarded world he penetrated...and draws a chilling picture of what the mafia is, does, and means in America today.
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