The Sinatra Club, Sal Polisi
The Sinatra Club, Sal Polisi
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The Sinatra Club
My Life Inside the New York Mafia

Author: Sal Polisi, Steve Dougherty

Narrator: Pete Simonelli

Unabridged: 12 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/07/2017


Synopsis

The Mob was the biggest, richest business in America . . . until it was destroyed from within by drugs, greed, and the decline of its traditional crime Family values.

And by guys like Sal Polisi.

As a member of New York's feared Colombo Family, Polisi ran The Sinatra Club, an illegal after-hours gambling den that was a magic kingdom of crime and a hangout for up-and-coming mobsters like John Gotti and the three wiseguys immortalized in Martin Scorsese's GoodFellas—Henry Hill, Jimmy Burke, and Tommy DeSimone. But the nonstop thrills of Polisi's criminal glory days abruptly ended when he was busted for drug trafficking. Already sickened by the bloodbath that engulfed the Mob as it teetered toward extinction, he flipped and became one of a breed he had loathed all his life—a rat. In this shocking, pulse-pounding, and, at times, darkly hilarious first-person chronicle, he paints a never-before-seen picture of a larger-than-life secret underworld that, thanks to guys like him, no longer exists.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Walter on March 29, 2025

These first hand account mafia stories written by “wise guys” always sound so much better before you actually read the book. This story is nothing new. Its just one mobsters take on what life was as a made man back in the 70’s. This author references Good Fellas about 20 times and overblows his rela......more

Goodreads review by Nicoleta on June 03, 2019

As the title says it's about Sal Polisi's life in the organized crime of New York Mafia before it went down.......more

Goodreads review by Walt on August 08, 2024

This book best encapsulates Brian Adams' song The Summer of '69. Sal Polisi may have been born into a family with ties to organized crime, but his experience with the mob was roughly 1968-1974, or the summer of '69. It may have been the most exciting and memorable years of his life, like a high scho......more

Goodreads review by Hal on June 30, 2013

I'm hesitant to review this book, subject to possible repercussions. Just kidding of course. This book is a tell all of former Mob connected soldier Sal Polisi affectionately know as Sally Ubbatz. Ubbatz meaning whacko. Sal turned informant late in his career and testified against John Gotti in the......more

Goodreads review by Stefanie on May 12, 2022

Salvatore "Crazy Sal" Polisi was introduced into organized crime via an Uncle before he even hit double digits. He began getting into mischief in school, before joining the United States Marine Corps. He received medical discharge for faking mental illness, and was able to fake out many psychologist......more