Honor thy father - gay talese

The acclaimed author of Unto the Sons penetrates the silence and secrecy of the Mafia and offers an intimate look at a powerful--and vanishing--way of life.

An invaluable document.

--The New York Times Book Review.

A classic masterwork newly updated The electrifying true story of the rise and fall of New Yorks notorious Bonanno crime family On New Yorks Park Avenue on a rainy Tuesday night in October 1964, the famous Mafia chieftain Joseph Bonanno was kidnapped by two mobsters and reported by the police as dead on the following morning.

More than a year later, Bonanno mysteriously reappeared, setting off a bloody mob feud that came to be known as the Banana War.

In this monumental work--packed with intimate details and brilliant reporting--bestselling author Gay Talese first brought to the American consciousness a world and a life previously known to only a few.

No other book has done more to acquaint readers with the secrets, structure, wars, power plays, family lives, and fascinating, frightening personalities of the Mafia.