The Last Mafioso: The Treacherous World of Jimmy Frantianno [Hardcover]

OVID DEMARIS (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 463 pages
• Publisher: Crown; 1980 Unclipped DJ edition (January 13, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812909550
• ISBN-13: 978-0812909555
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #816,519 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally,some text on the mob in Los Angeles., October 31, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Last Mafioso: The Treacherous World of Jimmy Frantianno (Hardcover)

After learning that a good friend of my fathers was "connected" with a made guy in the L.A. family,I became intrigued with the mob and have read every book I could find on the subject.In particular,books that make mention of Los Angeles and Las Vegas This is the only book I have read that gives detailed accounts of the L.A. family and its operations.Ovid Demaris does an excellent job with the annals of information he extracted from Fratianno and gets four stars from me.Anyone interested in the early days of Las Vegas,this book is a must.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars west coast mafia, April 9, 2000

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avdr (san diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Last Mafioso: The Treacherous World of Jimmy Frantianno (Hardcover)

the last mafioso is jimmy the weasel fratiano.he was one of the highest ranking mafioso to turn against the cosa nostra.this book is a classic among the true mafia books.you could almost feel sorry for him when he is arrested.in this book you also find out what really happened to jimmy hoffa,who where frank sinatras mafia friends,why did a mobster share his mistress with a us presidebt,why was the mob considering to kill desi arnaz,and what was the real cia-mafia plot to kill the communist fidel castro.an in depth look into the old mafia world.one of the best mafia books.period.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Mafia Reading, August 11, 2002

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A. Eby (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Mafioso, The (Mass Market Paperback)

I borrowed this book from a fellow Mafia-phile and enjoyed it so much I searched out a used copy on the Internet and bought it. "The Last Mafioso" is the biography of Jimmy "the Weasel" Fratianno, a West Coast Mafioso who turned government witness, but it tells a vastly greater story. The L.A. and Vegas underworlds spring to life in this enthralling book; anyone with a passing interest in the Mafia will enjoy it.