Murder Machine

Raw and interesting.In the end this book shows every person becomes vulnerable when its down to his family,Survival of the fittest and Quiet ones.

Roy de Meo war sicherlich der spektakulärste Killer, Gangster und Mafiosi in der Geschichte New York. Das überrascht vielleicht, weil John Gotty, Paul Castellano oder Carlo Gambino sicherlich bekannter sind, aber zu unrecht. Roy de Meo war nicht nur ein kriminelles Talent, ein Rain-Man, jemand der Geld sprichwörtlich regnen lassen konnte, sondern auch ein kranker psychopathischer Mörder, der seine Opfer auseinanderschnippelte und auf diese Weise verschwinden lies. Und de Meo war ein charismatischer Anführer: Er baute regelrecht eine kleine Horror-Gemeinde um sich herum auf. Das Buch ist sehr ausführlich, dennoch bleibt unklar, warum sich eine Mafia-Gruppe so extrem, so gewaltätig und krank entwickeln konnte. Ein Erklärungsversuch war sicherlich, dass Antony Gaggi und Paul Castellano nicht nur extrem gut an diesen Menschen verdienten, sondern auch viel Macht durch deren Mörder-Eigenschaften gewannen, viele andere Crews des Gambino-Clans hatten extreme Angst vor De Meo, Gaggi und Castellano, weil sie nicht wußten, ob sie auf der Liste landeten oder nicht. Dazu kam dann ja noch der Bruch mit der alten Mafia: Die De-Meo-Crew war jung, vollgedröhnt und hemmungslos. Ein Mord mehr oder weniger beunruhigte niemanden, denn lange genug konnte die Gruppe sogar gänzlich außerhalb von FBI- und Polizeiermittlungen ohne großes Risiko arbeiten.

Ive read this book 3x already, i gave it away to goodwill 10yrs ago, and regret it, so i had to refresh my brain on how much i love this book. My favorite book ever is fight club by chuck pahlaniuk, but this book is #2 hands down. You will learn all about roy demeo, the mafia associate, (who was never a made member, because of his involvement in drugs (which were forbidden in the gambino family), and his uncontrollable attitude), you will learn about the gemini twins, (roys hitmen), and above all else the gemini method, which was responsible for close to 200 murders, you'll also learn about the ICE MAN, who became roy's personal hitman, and because the ice man was not italian, roy used him to defy orders from the family, because most did not even know about a polish man's involvement...this book goes in brutal details of most murders, roy's involvement in loansharking, hijacking, stolen cars, drugs, You think of it, roy probably did it. Demeo was the biggest earner in the gambino family, and he was never a member. It was a job to him, not a lifestyle. Wikipedia has great info on him too, but this book comes from FBI and witness first accounts. I highly recommend after reading this book, you also read "for the sins of my father", which is a book roy's son wrote about his accounts growing up oblivious to his father's career. The best mob book you will ever read i promise

Fantastic Book. Well written and researched. I am from Sydney Australia. Had never heard of Roy De Meo and Nino Gaggi etc, but reading the story, it was like better than the book Wiseguys. If Scorsese made this book into a movie, it would be better than Goodfellas, and Goodfellas is a good story.

You know you shouldnt enjoy it but Murder Machine catches you in its gruesome glare and doesnt let you out of it until finished. If there is a better gangster book out there then I havent read it. The author has clearly done his homework and produced a very well written biography of one of the most fearsome mafia crews in history.Cleverly juggling police records, insider stories and their own views on the Gemini gang their bloody assault on 1970s America. If mafia true stories interest you then this is the daddy of them all. If HBO are looking around for a story for their proposed Underbelly U.S then look no further producers, its all here!