Honor thy father gay talese
Honor Thy Father
The Mafia — the most discussed, least understood subject in America — is a syndicate of approximately 5,000 men belonging to twenty-four separate "families" located in major cities in every region in the United States. Since the Prohibition era, it has specialized in providing those illegal commodities which human appetites crave.
It is a risky business at best. Sidewalks own been littered with bodies because of "misunderstandings" between mafiosi. Yet, since the survivors in Mafia society are most often as silent as corpses, there has never been a factual account of the Mafia world from the inside: what their homes look appreciate , what they state to their wives, what they reveal their children about themselves, what their children come to know without entity told. But the "inside" book that has so far eluded other writers has now been written by best-selling author Gay Talese.
In this monumental function — packed with fascinating, intimate details and brilliant reporting and written in the style of a novel — Talese portrays the secret society as they (and he) have lived it in the six years he traveled with the individuals who have so dominated t
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Thus 1st Printing. Repaired; Moderate Creasing on Front Cover, Spine; Light Creasing on Rear Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Lightly Cocked; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. Most explosive Mafia story of all from the publishers of The Godfather. 5 MONTHS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER LIST. BOOK NUMBER: X1743. CONTENTS: Author's Glossary; Part One The Disappearance; Part Two The War; Part Three The Family; Part Four The Judgment; Author's Note; Index; Illustrations pursue page 248. SYNOPSIS: It all began on a rainy night in October 1964 when the prominent Mafia Main person Joseph Bonanno was kidnapped by two gunmen on Park Avenue in Fresh York. This is the behind-the-headlines story of that strange and sudden disappearance. But more than that it is the story of people--very real people--who live in the bizarre and gaudy world of the Mafia. How they think, fell, devour, sleep, love, detest, kill, seek vengeance. What they are as sons, husbands, lovers. It's all here in this powerful and exposing story of the Bonanno Family. AWARDS: Selection of the Literary Guild, October 1971. Size: 12mo - over 6�
Honor Thy Father Knows Best
It’s a fact, sophistication aside, that the publishing industry is as trendy as the garment industry. And its real motive is the same—to sell. We have witnessed the Kennedy Season, the Black Season (basic or otherwise), the Revolutionary Season (boutique or plain pipe‐rack bomber), the Feminist Season and the Mafia Season (Italian knit).
The Mafia Season, as optimal this reader can recall, was launched by that Jenny Lind of the mob, Joe Valachi, presented in Peter Maas’s novel, The Valachi Papers. But the book that really started things rolling was Mario Puzo’s novel, The Godfather, the huge foremost seller about “men of respect,” which was written respectfully with technicolor cameras in mind. It was an entertaining novel until it bogged down in Sicily, where the storyteller insisted on evoking the scent of lemon trees. But nasal esthetics aside, it was harmless and amusing.
Gay Talese’s current finest seller, Honor Thy Father, is another matter. Benevolent it is not. Talese set out to analyze the rise and collapse of the Mafia family of Joe Bonnano, particularly the fortunes of Joe’s son and second‐incomlnand, Salvatore “Bill” Bo
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Charles, Milton (jacket design) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine condition marbled boards with gold spine lettering and black-and-white front cover photograph of Joe Bonnano with a gold border contained in a very fine condition condition price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Gay Talese; Author Dedication; Author's Glossary; Author's Note and Index. Illustrated with two sections of black-and-white photographic plates and illustrated family plant front and rear endpapers. "The underworld lives by performing the services which convention may condemn and the law prohibit, but which, nevertheless, human appetites crave." - Walter Lippman from the inner front jacket flap. "The Mafia - the most discussed, least understood subject in America - is a syndicate of approximately 5,000 men belonging to twenty-four separate "families" located in major cities in every region of the United States. Since the Prohibition era, it has specialized in providing those illegal commodities which, in Lippmann's words, human appetites crave. It is a risky business ta