Mob Lawyer

By Frank Ragano, Selwyn Raab,

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Presents an inside account of the deaths of Jimmy Hoffa and JFK and the FBI plot to murder Castro, by a mob-affiliated attorney who spent fifteen years as one of Hoffa's personal lawyers.

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1 author picked Mob Lawyer as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I was glued to this book because it shows how a person’s mind justifies their cooperation with crime. We all have a right to a lawyer, but the book’s author gradually became a close confidante of the top Mafioso, Santo Trafficante. My work focuses on the human urge for power and status and how our verbal brain puts a nice face on our mammalian impulses. It’s all here!

Ragano tells his story without the blood and guts of most Mafia books. His co-author was the New York Times’ top mafia reporter, so the book is grounded in well-documented events. Those…

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