- Paperback: 415 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Australia; Reissue edition (26 Jan 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0451157494
- ISBN-13: 978-0451157492
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 9.7 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,428,436 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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 ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
'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 ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Fascinating Journey,
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This review is from: Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia (Hodder Great Reads) (Paperback)
This honest, real and at times touching account of an FBI agent's under-cover life in the most powerful New York mafia family is truly fascinating. Joseph D Pistone leads the reader through his six year investigation as Donnie Brascoe, jewel thief, starting with his first encounters of small time crooks in Manhattan social clubs, manipulating his already street-wise personality to convince his peers of his good fella status all the way through to being lined up as a made man, a "Wise Guy" buy some of the most powerful mafia bosses in history.
If you have seen the movie and think you know the story, think again. Having only used snippets of information and portraying the main characters with some heavy poetic license, Donnie Brascoe the film doesn't even get close to the gritty realism you'll encounter in this book. Pistones' life was permanently changed as a result of his time as an agent and only his quick thinking, sharp wit and tough mentality kept him alive. An amazing fly on the wall account that the Mafia themselves have, if not approved of, then certainly enjoyed reading. As real and satisfying as Meatballs, sausage and peppers........ Read It!
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I'm a girl and yet shock horror I still liked it!,
By blurgirl74 "blurgirl74" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia (Hodder Great Reads) (Paperback)
This ia a really good read for most of the time. It is fascinating true life story of agent Joe Pistone who infiltrated the mafia and helped bring about over 100 convictions, he was so good he was within a whisker of being made a 'made' guy, an actual mafia member. Some reviewers seem confused by this book (see below) and seem to think it's fiction stating that Donnie Brasco wouldn't have survived 2 seconds...ummm...he was undercover for 6 years, it's true story you idiot! Anyway apparently 'one for the lads' but will be enjoyed by anyone who likes reading about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. My few minor quibbles are that after a while the endless scores and neverending list of badguys names becomes confusing and a bit boring but overall the story itself is so strong that it carries it off.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A truly excellent book!!,
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This review is from: Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia (Hodder Great Reads) (Paperback)
From front to back this book is extreemely amazing! One of the very few books that I have read that really make you feel nervous for the character.
This book comes very close to being worth 5 stars but is just let down by maybe only one or two chapters. Particuarly it could have wrapped up at the end with a little more information on what happened to some of the characters, such as lefty and sonny black. Donnie Brasco gives a really good depiction of low level mafia soldiers and their 'connected guys'. I would also recommend watching the film as a very realistic portayal of the mafia. Any one with an interest in the mafia I would recommend you read this book.
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