Mobbed Up: A Donnie Brasco Novel [Paperback]

Joseph D. Pistone (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 10, 2000

For fans of The Sopranos, the ultimate mob drama from the FBI agent-turned-writer who "would make Carl Hiaasen proud."(Publishers Weekly)

Posing as "Donnie Brasco," former FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone infiltrated the mob and brought it down. Now, he brings his experience to a series of novels that takes readers deep inside a covert FBI operation.

In Mobbed Up, Donnie Brasco takes on both the Russian and Italian mobs. But this time it's not his life on the line...it's his daughter's.

Praise for Donnie Brasco:
"Thoroughly absorbing."--Newsday

"Chilling...not since Nicholas Pileggi's Wiseguy has the day-to-day life of the Mafia been so entertainingly captured."--Buffalo News

"Courageous and extraordinary."--New York Times Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Onyx (April 10, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451409108
• ISBN-13: 978-0451409102
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,652,957 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Story, Overactive Writing, June 4, 2000

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Dick Swalve - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mobbed Up: A Donnie Brasco Novel (Paperback)

I have not read the two previous Donnie Brasco novels. "Mobbed Up" takes care of this for the reader- the author explains the situation fully. In fact, as I finish this novel, that seems to be the order of the day - over explanation. I quote:

"A tall, muscular man with dark hair, he squinted his keen blue eyes against the light mist and jockeyed his propane-powered Clark forklift out of the hangar and across the wet concrete apron toward the gaping cargo doors of the Logan Air Express plane that had landed that morning at LaGuardia Airport after a flight from Canada."

This effusive style of writing permeates the book. If you can get past it, or if you enjoy it, you'll enjoy the book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In response to "Credibility?", August 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Mobbed Up: A Donnie Brasco Novel (Paperback)

This book and the other book about him being in florida are fictional, the books say that. The book by him that is true is Donni Brasco, my life in the mob, by an fbi agent. If you are looking for a true story read that one. For good entertain ment read this one...

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Classic Novel about Donnie Brasco, April 17, 2000

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SALVATORE (Tampa, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mobbed Up: A Donnie Brasco Novel (Paperback)

When I purchased this book I was looking forward to another great read from Joe Pistone. Much to my surprise, it was better than I expected! Joe Pistone's Donnie Brasco series is full of action, suspense, intrigue and above all a peak into a fascinating world, that of an FBI agent.

Taking place in New York (where I grew up), I enjoyed the descriptions of the locales, traffic, the mob and the airport. Having read Donnie Brasco and Deep Cover, you can feel his pain and terror during the twists and turns this story takes. I would love to meet Joe Pistone and listen to him tell the stories of his career.

I would highly recommend!