Double Deal: The Inside Story of Murder, Unbridled Corruption, and the Cop Who Was a Mobster by Sam Giancana, Michael Corbitt
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Book Reviews of Double Deal: The Inside Story of Murder, Unbridled Corruption, and the Cop Who Was a Mobster
Book Review: Double Deal - book review
Summary: 5 Stars
Seller was great, fast low price (book & shipping).
Book is great, provides huge insight into the corruption of local and federal gvt and international mafia dealings. A true eye opener.
Book Review: double deal
Summary: 5 Stars
i couldn't put the book down! I live close to this suburb and i can believe what was going on. Book Review: Accurate
Summary: 5 Stars
As a life long resident of the SW side of Chicago I was able to corroborate many of the accounts Mr. Corbitt gives in Double Deal. Many of the "baby boomers" who were "in the Know" from my area stated that Mr. Corbitt was a very influential gangster associate on the SW side. The man was heavy and dangerous. He killed people,but many were in the line of duty. He also made it very clear in the book that he wasn't an angel.The man gives some very accurate accounts of his life and experiencesBook Review: If you like "true" gangster stories. . .
Summary: 3 Stars
. . .you may wish to spend some time with this book. The book tells the story of a small-time hood who, due to friends, and not really to any talent of his own, becomes a moderately significant figure in Chicagoland organized crime in the 60's, 70's, and 80's.
Believe me, the main character (and co-author) Michael Corbitt is not really a likeable or sympathetic character. What I found most interesting about the book was the willingness of law enforcement -- on all levels, including the prosecutors who eventually brought him in -- to behave in ways quite similar to those "mobsters" they are trying to control.
There are truly no real "good guys" in this book.
As I said, if you like this genre, the book is worth reading. If the genre doesn't interest you, "The Godfather" is a much better story!
Book Review: Sleazy Loser Tries to Cash In
Summary: 1 Stars
They might have a great sense of humor, or love their mother or support various charities, but in the end, most are cold-blooded murderers.That descripion only fits the top mob bosses. Scummier still are the average hoodlums that make up a crime organization and that's where Michael Corbitt fits in. A street thug ends up making a few friends that help buy a corrupt gas station business. Next thing that happens is that he joins a corrup police force in Illinois and when the drunken chief retires, he is made chief.
Eventually, the law and his fellow sleazebags catch up with Corbitt so here comes his book. Sure, the book is interesting, but Corbitt was never a main man. He was just a very small player in a much larger organization. What's shocking is that he was able to so as a top police official in Illinois, but given some history in that state, how surprising is it?
To summarize the book, you will find that Corbitt has killed people, he helped cover up a murder, he was involved in all kinds of other corrupt illegal activity, he stole millions from the taxpayers of his community.
Somehow I'm supposed to feel sorry for this scumbag or have sympathy for him?