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Mafia Son: The Scarpa Mob Family, The FBI, And A Story Of Betrayal (2009)

by Sandra Harmon(Favorite Author)

3.17 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0312370245 (ISBN13: 9780312370244)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

St. Martin's Press

review 1: It's a good read overall, but in fact it's two stories rolled into one. One is the fascinating story of mobster Greg Scarpa Sr's life, the other is about corruption in the FBI, including sensational revelations that Scarpa's son, while in jail, obtained information from an Al Qaeda terrorist which could have prevented 9/11 and in another instance key info from one of the Oklahoma City bombers. These conspiracy theories should have been put in another book, period, as lumped together they just do not make any sense.
review 2: I found this easy to read book extremely boring even with the Mafia being the main subject. It's hard to believe, but true. I felt that Sandra Harmon was passionate about the subject, Gregory Scarpa but not really reliable about the facts a... morend issues. This man was raised by his Mafia gangster father to be a killer and did kill about 25 men not to mention his drug dealing and racket schemes, however Ms. Harmon tries to portray that this man deserves to be out walking our streets because he didn't have a chance because of his father and because he was in prison with a mastermind of 9/11. The first part of the book is very quick and interesting. However it feels like she's writing more about the father than the son. Then she switches about middle of the book to the FBI agent that was supposedly dirty and back to the son. The book then becomes extremely boring and bogged down. Once the son goes to prison then there is almost no thought about what has happened and why. It's more about the oh poor me syndrome...I'm like this becauase of my dad. There is very little citations and documentation. I wonder if Ms. Harmon got most of her material from the son himself instead of other sources. I felt this book was poorly written about a fascinating family. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. less

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