The Enforcer: Spilotro-The Chicago Mob's Man over Las Vegas

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Summary: Book........hmm...........why not get an editior for it
Review: This book was alright. Very Very poor writing by the part of Roemer. There are like 5th grade mistakes in his book. I think that the editior should be ... because the editior did a very poor job reading this over. Also, the way that Roemer trys to talk about the future and past is very bad, because it confuses the reader. However, the book supplies alot of information on the Chicago Mob and them moving into Las Vegas. However, most of the book talks about the 'whole' Chicago Mob and not enough about Spilotro. Thus, if ur looking for a book about the mob in general read this book. However, if you want to read more about Spilotro himself read 'Casino" by Pileggi. Much better read about Tony Spilotro himself.

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Summary: Spilotro ain't a nice guy
Review: Tony Spilotro rose from the poor streets of Chicago to the glitzy strip of Las Vegas to end up face down in a shallow grave in Indiana,beaten viciously but buried alive,along with his brother.Quite a trip!Anyone interested in the mob,particularly the Chicago mob,will enjoy the stories and information in this book.Spilotro,although a big name gangster in Las Vegas,was basically a street thug,the kind of guy the bosses rely on to go out and intimidate,beat up,and kill people in order to collect money.Brought up in the mob by two of Chicago's most notoriously brutal hitmen,first "Mad" Sam DeStefano and then Felix Alderisio,it's small wonder Spilotro became what he did.Although some complain they didn't get a personal feel for Spilotro and what he was really like I say so what.The guy was a murderer,thief,and extortionist.By definition I'd say he wasn't too good of a guy.I did read where his son said toward his end Tony couldn't fall asleep unless he was resting his head in his son's lap.He knew he was going to reap what he had sown.Roemer's all over the place in this book but if you want to read about the real Chicago mob of the 1960's through the 80's and how they robbed Vegas blind,pick this up,as well as Casino.Most or at least some of you probably know in the movie Casino Joe Pesci was playing Tony Spilotro.