Retire in New Jersey

The Boys from New Jersey: How the Mob Beat the Feds

Reviews

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-10
Summary: "The real-life Sopranos"

If you're still mourning the end of The Sopranos, The Boys from New Jersey will give you the fix you need. It's the non-fiction account of a mega mob trial that took place in Newark in 1986. Twenty-one members of the Lucchese crime family were tried, including class-clown Jackie "Fat Jack" DiNorscio and Michael Taccetta, rumored to be the model for "Tony Soprano." The defense attorneys, prosecutors, and defendants are as good if not better than similar characters you'd find in fiction, and the courtroom jockeying is fascinating. The events took place over twenty years ago, but this is a unique look into all aspects of a mob trial. If you like organized-crime stories or courtroom dramas, you won't be disappointed.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-02-08
Summary: "the boys from new jersey"

This true crime story should have been translated to film. It was well written and well paced. It outlined the government's war on organized crime which was taking place in every major city and locality in the country during the 1980's. It has been said that truth is stranger than fiction[this book is a must read which will validate the statement].

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2008-12-31
Summary: "Details on the Longest Criminal Trial EVER"

I read this book from the perspective of a criminal defense lawyer who kind of specializes in long-ish federal cases. From that perspective, it's an amazing story about a 20 month long criminal trial. Amazing. I can't imagine (and I've tried cases that have gone 3 + months.)

However, if you aren't into trial procedure, you may find this heavy sledding. The writing style is "east coast newspaper" lots of tough guy prose and over-ripe metaphors. Which is fine, but a Pulitzer prize winner this ain't.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2008-04-08
Summary: "Best True Crime Book Ever"

Hilarious-----and True!!! Better written, better styled than anything written by Jimmy Breslin or Murray Kempton. If a movie was ever made, danny deVito would be the star. I know of no other book more widely read in law enforcement circles than this. I know one law sch prof who made it required reading.

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2007-05-20
Summary: "Sleeping with the fishes..."

Although Anthony Acceturo doesn't endorse this book, records and witnesses back up Rudolph's story. Anyone who is a diehard fan of The Sopranos on HBO knows that the character of Tony Soprano is based Anthony Acceturo. Their fictional and nonfictional paths mirror one another to the present - except Acceturo is now free of the Mafia and a legit businessman.