The last godfathers
Subtitle: the rise and fall of the Mafia's most powerful family
By: John Follain
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780340936528; 9780340936511
Subjects: Mafia; History
Description: This book charts the spectacular rise and fall of the richest and most powerful crime family in history: the Sicilian Mafia's Corleonese clan. Investigative journalist John Follain focuses on the three godfathers who headed the clan from the 1950s onwards - their lives and crimes, their loves and hates, and the state's sporadic efforts to hunt them.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.