All Discussions Tagged 'gangster' - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T07:33:08Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=gangster&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWHAT GRABS YOU THE MOST ABOUT TRUE CRIME BOOKS?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-02-08:537324:Topic:2691282011-02-08T19:42:55.649ZMorgan St. Jameshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MorganStJames119
<p>I am currently reading "Surviving the Mob" by Denny Griffin and Andrew DiDonato. I know both of them and have Spotlighted them in my Examiner columns. However, even though I know the story is true, and I'd heard much of it before, it is still hard for me to put the Andrew I know and like into the mold of a dangerous guy. I've also experienced this feeling with other former gangsters I've interviewed. It really puts a different spin on the story when it is someone you know.</p>
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<p>I am currently reading "Surviving the Mob" by Denny Griffin and Andrew DiDonato. I know both of them and have Spotlighted them in my Examiner columns. However, even though I know the story is true, and I'd heard much of it before, it is still hard for me to put the Andrew I know and like into the mold of a dangerous guy. I've also experienced this feeling with other former gangsters I've interviewed. It really puts a different spin on the story when it is someone you know.</p>
<p>Speaking of that, the true crime book that threw me for a loop as the saying goes, was one written years ago that has now been reissued. "Till Death Us Do Part," by Vincent Bugliosi. What I read on page 40 made my jaw drop. I read on in morbid fascination as I realized the character, Alan Palliko, the fictionalized murderer, was my boyfriend for about six months when I was just out of high school. Ooooh. Chills. One of his assets was that he was such a charming guy. (My name was different then--so was his.)</p>
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