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In 1978, the US government waged a war against organised crime. One man was left behind the lines. From 1976 until 1981, Special Agent Pistone lived undercover with the Mafia. Only able to visit his young family once every few months, Pistone - under the alias Donnie Brasco - ate, drank, partied, worked and sometimes killed with the wiseguys. He got so close that his Mafia partner, Lefty Ruggiero, asked him to officiate as best man at his wedding. Pistone''s eventual testimony, in such spectacular prosecutions as ''the Pizza Connection'' and ''the Mafia Commission'' resulted in more than 200 indictments and 100 convictions of members of organised crime.

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So entertaining you have to remind yourself it's deadly serious * Boston Globe *
Compelling and gripping . . . Raw, hard-hitting non-fiction at its best . . . A revealing investigative work * Toronto Star *
A penetrating look into the inner circle of the Mafia . . . There's no shortage of real-life drama * Detroit News *
Courageous and extraordinary * New York Times Book Review *

Donnie Brasco

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    A Paperback / softback by Joseph D Pistone

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      Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
      Published 5 June 2006
      ISBN-13 9780340922651
      978-0340922651
      ISBN-10 0340922656
      Also in:
      Non Fiction Biography Biography: adventurers and explorers True crime

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In 1978, the US government waged a war against organised crime. One man was left behind the lines. From 1976 until 1981, Special Agent Pistone lived undercover with the Mafia. Only able to visit his young family once every few months, Pistone - under the alias Donnie Brasco - ate, drank, partied, worked and sometimes killed with the wiseguys. He got so close that his Mafia partner, Lefty Ruggiero, asked him to officiate as best man at his wedding. Pistone''s eventual testimony, in such spectacular prosecutions as ''the Pizza Connection'' and ''the Mafia Commission'' resulted in more than 200 indictments and 100 convictions of members of organised crime.

      Trade Review
      So entertaining you have to remind yourself it's deadly serious * Boston Globe *
      Compelling and gripping . . . Raw, hard-hitting non-fiction at its best . . . A revealing investigative work * Toronto Star *
      A penetrating look into the inner circle of the Mafia . . . There's no shortage of real-life drama * Detroit News *
      Courageous and extraordinary * New York Times Book Review *

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