Top Hoodlum
Frank Costello, Prime Minister of the Mafia

This is a good book about notorious mob guy Frank Costello, who got a big start in New York back in the days when bootlegging was a way that kept many hustling to make a buck from the Volstead Act that banned booze. He made a fortune from it and worked his way up to other things later on, and also b......more

I truly enjoyed reading this! It fed my addiction to mafia/gangsters/organized crime quite nicely. Frank Costello's life was an interesting one! The author did a fine job with researching for this book. There are so many facts and so much information but the book almost reads like a novel! I didn't......more

Immerse yourself in the world of New York mafia kingpin, Frank Costello, labeled a Top Hoodlum by FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover. Prohibition was a marvelous time for organized crime in 1920s New York City. Bringing in liquor from Canada, Frank and all his cronies became millionaires supplying the add......more

A Well-Researched Chronicle But Too Impersonal To Be An Insightful Biography! DeStefano did extensive research -- involving examination of FBI documents, family testimony, court records, etc. -- which clearly comes through in his well-written book that chronicles Frank Costello's career and environme......more

This book is a fascinating story of one Frank Costello. Who began back during the Volstead Act with Luciano, Lansky and some of the others? This was before the five families. Here you get to see hie rise to power especially after Luciano is deported to Italy. He survives an assignation attempt by on......more