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Gaspipe

Confessions of a Mafia Boss

by Philip Carlo
Alan Sklar
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Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, the boss of New York's Lucchese crime family, was a Mafia superstar, responsible for more than fifty murders. Currently serving thirteen life sentences at a federal prison in Colorado, Casso has given journalist and New York Times bestselling author Philip Carlo the most intimate, personal look into the world of La Cosa Nostra ever seen. By pure happenstance, Casso had lived next door to the family of young Philip Carlo, who was able to get into the mind, heart, and soul of one of the most cunning, ruthless mob bosses in the annals of crime history. In Gaspipe, Casso reveals the shocking details behind headline-making crimes and crime figures, such as:


—The mob's decision that John Gotti had to be taken out after whacking Big Paul Castellano without approval—and how Casso got the order to hit Gotti


—A fly-on-the-wall view of the Mafia commission sit-down at which John Gotti was made capo di tutti capi, the boss of all bosses


—The insidious relationship between La Cosa Nostra and the Russian Mafia, and how the Lucchese family murdered the most-feared assassin in the Russian mob


—Details of secret sit-downs with mob bosses Vincent "The Chin" Gigante and John Gotti, and the notorious Sammy "The Bull" Gravano


—How Gravano made fools of the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI


—The real story of the Mafia Cops and the revelations of other law enforcement personnel on Casso's payroll


—How the Mafia managed to get a tight stranglehold on most unions in America


—The truth behind the Mafia's real role in bringing huge amounts of narcotics into the United States


—How federal prison officials were bought and sold by the Mafia


—The intimate details of the women behind the Mafiosi


—The truth behind the assassinations of JFK and RFK


—Who killed Jimmy Hoffa, and where his body is


—Why J. Edgar Hoover protected the Mafia


Chilling and illuminating, unvarnished and entertaining, Gaspipe is a roller-coaster ride into a world few outsiders have ever dared to enter.

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  • Release date

    September 22, 2008

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781400127115
      • File size: 360241 KB
      • Duration: 12:30:30

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      If you'd like to vicariously observe contract killings, lucrative robberies, and meetings with Mafia bosses, you've found the right audiobook. Now in prison, Cosa Nostra boss Antonio Casso tells all to the author in a blatant violation of OMERTË--the code of silence. His double life of loving family man and relentless killer hardly seems possible--unless you're familiar with Tony Soprano. Alan Sklar's deep, raspy voice fits the noir tale of violence and death. His delivery stays matter-of-fact and detached while describing dozens of assassinations, often preceded by torture. When necessary, Sklar's Italian kicks in so well one can almost see his arms waving. J.A.H. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 19, 2008
      One of the most dangerous, intriguing Mafia chieftains ever, Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso served as an apprentice thief and killer before rising to boss of the infamous Lucchese crime family, according to Carlo, a childhood neighbor of the South Brooklyn native. Carlo (The Ice Man
      ) depicts a violent teen doted on by his gangster father and his mob godfather, Sally Callinbrano, groomed in the art of the kill and Cosa Nostra values. As his enterprises in hot goods and drugs prospered, Casso became the chief enforcer and mob royalty, able to buy a stylish lifestyle as well as an assortment of crooked cops and FBI agents. Tucked away in this book's blood-drenched pages is a picture-perfect love story between Anthony and his wife, Lillian Delduca. And for Mafia-obsessed readers, there are fascinating tidbits from the now jailed Casso about mob bosses John Gotti and Paul Castellano, Sammy “The Bull” Gravano, Hoover's FBI, the Russian mob and several thug rubouts. This powerful story is required reading for anyone with a yen for the Mafia, the criminal underworld and a law enforcement system struggling to keep up. 8 pages of b&w photos.

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