--- product_id: 17020712 title: "Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business: Shocking Declassified Details from the FBI's Greatest Undercover Operation and a Bloody Timeline of the Fall of the Mafia (paperback)" brand: "joe pistone" price: "VT5955" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/17020712-donnie-brasco-unfinished-business-shocking-declassified-details-from-the-fbis store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business: Shocking Declassified Details from the FBI's Greatest Undercover Operation and a Bloody Timeline of the Fall of the Mafia (paperback) **Brand:** joe pistone **Price:** VT5955 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business: Shocking Declassified Details from the FBI's Greatest Undercover Operation and a Bloody Timeline of the Fall of the Mafia (paperback) by joe pistone - **How much does it cost?** VT5955 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/17020712-donnie-brasco-unfinished-business-shocking-declassified-details-from-the-fbis) ## Best For - joe pistone enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted joe pistone brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Donnie Brasco ## Images ![Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business: Shocking Declassified Details from the FBI's Greatest Undercover Operation and a Bloody Timeline of the Fall of the Mafia (paperback) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91Bt4+-UJZL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars Quit While You're Ahead *by C***G on Reviewed in the United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ on July 8, 2014* When an author first decides to write a book, I believe that one of the first things that he must decide: what will be the tone. I'm not convinced that Joe Pistone thought enough about this beforehand, or if he did, I think that he went in the wrong direction.This work seems to be somewhat on the snarky side; somewhat on the spike-the-football-in-your-opponent's-face side. Sure, he had the right to rub it in, as he put so many wiseguys on the bench, at least in their local prisons. Sure, he tackled more than one capo and humiliated them all in front of their Mafioso teammates. But when Barry Sanders scored a touchdown he just handed the ball to the ref and walked away as if that incredible back had been in the end zone before. And that's because he was.I think that a sports metaphor was correct in this review, as Mr. Pistone uses quite a few himself here. He played football and basketball in high school (and I believe college) after all, and supposedly, he was a pretty good "leaper." But it isn't much of a leap to say that his first book, "Donnie Brasco," was far superior.That earlier work seemed to take mostly a linear narrative for the most part, a narrative that is usually the easiest for the reader to follow. The same seems to apply here. But I felt as if he did a much better job explaining his day-to-day duties in that book, while he comes off more as an observer here. Furthermore, I started to feel as if he was just name dropping in this book, just rattling off a list of the bad guys that went down, one by one. I didn't much find that interesting at all. I would have preferred if Mr. Pistone would have actually included his own thoughts and actions here much more, as that would have made the book come alive.I'll admit, I quit reading after about two thirds of the way through. I just got tired of it all. And this is too bad, as I gave his first book a six. I guess this helps prove that, sometimes, it's best to just quit while you're ahead. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Eye Opening *by S***N on Reviewed in the United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ on July 8, 2007* This book includes a lot of interesting details that could not be included with the first Donnie Brasco book. The author had several close calls and only his quick wit and ability to stay cool under fire kept in alive with mobsters who kill simply on the account of the wrong body language.The reader will have a better understanding of how the mafia operated under a centralized hierarchy called The Commission. It was the Commission, comprised of the leaders of the five major mafia families, that sanctioned violence and imposed a rigid discipline to prevent any young upstarts from trying to unseat older, established leaders. Bucking this Commission could get one "whacked". Numerous mob wars and civil wars within families broke out after all of the Commission members were convicted under RICO.Although the Sicilian Mafia is a shell of its former self, the Donnie Brasco operation forced the mob to change its rules to better weed out informers and undercover agents.I finished the book wondering if this operation really accomplished anything. It didn't eradicate organized crime by other ethnic groups. The power vacuum is being filled by even more ruthless organized crime gangs like the Jamaicans, Colombians, Asians and Jews from Russia and the Ukraine. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars FOLLOW-UP TO HIS FIRST BOOK *by A***R on Reviewed in the United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ on June 11, 2022* Excellent follow-up to his first book. The ensuing years allowed him to discuss more of the details that he couldn't in his first book. 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