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united states 463 pp . organized crime , gambling january 13 , 1980 print crown publishing hardcover edition english ovid demaris biography novel the - bookcover.jpg last mafioso the treacherous world of jimmy fratianno the last mafioso
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the last mafioso

the last mafioso : the treacherous world of jimmy fratianno is a biography novel detailing the life of american mafia member aladena `` jimmy the weasel '' fratianno .
it chronicles fratianno 's life from a kid in cleveland to becoming the acting boss of the los angeles crime family .
author ovid demaris gained the information for the book from fraitanno himself in the early 1980s , where they spent hours recording conversations between the two .
demaris also conducted his own research and background gathering .
the book was released on january 13 , 1980 by crown publishing .
it was the first of two biographical books written about fratianno , the other being `` vengeance is mine '' by michael j. zuckerman published in 1987 .
