For the Sins of My Father: A Mafia Killer, His Son, and the Legacy of a Mob Life
by Albert DeMeo
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Author: Albert DeMeoEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-09-09
ISBN: 0767906896
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Broadway
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Book Review: Back round Mafia
Summary: 4 Stars
This is more of a biography of a mafia killer's son , rather than a story on the mafia. It is very well written and very interesting, but those who want more info on Roy DeMeo and his gang can read "Murder Machine". This story is more about the home life of Roy, his son Albert his wife and daughters. Roy seemed very good at separating his gangster life from his home life. Albert gives an excellent account of what it is like to grow up as a mafia son and some really interesting tidbits on the workings of his father that he experienced first hand. Though his father tried desperately to keep his son out of the business, he let him be privy and take part in several of his business dealings. This is a quick read that sustains interest throughout the book.
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Summary of For the Sins of My Father: A Mafia Killer, His Son, and the Legacy of a Mob Life
A suspenseful, emotionally charged real-life Sopranos: The son of New York's most notorious Mafia killer reveals the conflicted life he led being raised by a cold-blooded murderer, who was also a devoted family man, and the wrenching legacy of Mafia family life.Al DeMeo will never forget the day in 1992 when a coworker, a fellow trader at the New York Stock Exchange, taunted him with a copy of the hot new book Murder Machine, chronicling the horrific criminal life of DeMeo's father, Roy, the head of the most deadly gang in organized crime. The moment sent DeMeo into a psychological tailspin: How could he have spent his life looking up to, and loving, a vicious killer?
For the Sins of My Father recounts the chilling rise and fall of the man who led the Gambino family's most fearsome killers and thieves, through the eyes of a son who had never known any other kind of life. Coming of age in an opulent Long Island house where money is abundant but its source is unclear, Al becomes Roy's confidant, sent to call in loans at age fourteen and gradually coming to understand his father's job description--loan shark, car thief, porn purveyor and, above all, murderer. But when Al is seventeen, Roy's body is found in the trunk of a car, a gangland slaying that places Al between federal prosecutors seeking his testimony and a mob crew determined to keep him quiet.
Desperate to abide by the father-son bond, but equally determined to escape his father's dangerous and doomed life, Al Demeo embarks on a courageous quest for the truth, reconciliation, and honor. With the implacable narrative drive of a thriller and the power of a painfully honest memoir, For the Sins of My Father presents a startling and unprecedented perspective on the underworld of organized crime, exposing for the first time the cruel legacy of a Mafia life.
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