The Mafia Av George Carpozi Jr., William Balsamo

<p>Tracing its beginnings as an underground society which sprang up in Sicily, to the Mob which went on to run organised crime throughout Italy and America, <i>The Mafia: The First 100 Years</i> tells the gripping story of the most mythical and misunderstood criminal organisation. <br><br>How did the Mob evolve from a gang of bumbling killers into the smooth-running international ''corporation'' of today? Drawing on nearly two decades of research, William Balsamo - great-nephew of the original godfather - and George Carpozi Jr. reveal the Mafia''s coalescence into an organisation whose insidious influence reached across the Atlantic and into a presidential administration. <br><br>Delving behind the headlines to uncover the true extent of the Mafia''s influence, <i>The Mafia: The First 100 Years</i> reads like the most compelling crime fiction, yet is the terrifying, deadly truth.</p>