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Il Gangster (2012)

by Tere Tereba(Favorite Author)

3.49 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

885415332X (ISBN13: 9788854153325)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Newton Compton

review 1: I enjoyed this book. I had signed up to win it on here a few months ago and lost and to be honest, I forgot all about this book. One day while checking out the new non-fiction shelf I saw this book and checked it out and then couldn't put it down. It doesn't go into a lot of details about Cohen's life but it does give you a quick, easy to read brief biography of LA's little big man. It brings in all sorts of hoods you have probably heard of and a lot you haven't. This book ties in a lot of A-list celebraties during that era and shows you how connected they were to the underworld. If you want a boring fact filled book to read before you go to bed this is not it. If you want something that will fly through the high points of Cohen's life and reads like a thriller then... more check this one out.
review 2: I received his book through Goodreads giveaways.As a lover of history I was really looking forward to reading this book. I did not know much about Mickey Cohen or the other mafia in L.A I don't believe this book helped me understand Mickey's reign as mob boss.I found the book hard to follow as it jumped from one person to another to different years then back again. I found that I learned a lot about other mobsters, policeman and movie stars. Although I liked that part of the book/history I didn't find it a good read about Mickey Cohen. less

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