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Life (and death) inside the Mafia... in the words of a former Bonanno capo....
Dominick Cicale was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. From a young age he was closely associated with the Genovese crime family, considered the most powerful Mafia group in America. Fate intervened.
In 1999 Cicale forged a tight alliance with Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano, then an up-and-coming member of the Bronx faction of the Bonanno crime family. Under Basciano’s tutelage, Dominick rode the fast track: he was inducted into the American Cosa Nostra and swiftly rose from soldier to capo, amassing great wealth and power. Cicale befriended and associated with numerous high-ranking figures within all of New York's Five Families as he plotted and schemed in a treacherous world where each day could be his last.
This installment views startling details surrounding the brutal gangland murder of Gerlando “George from Canada” Sciascia and its resulting impact on relations between the Bonanno family in New York and its Montreal -based “outpost” established by the Mafia Commission in 1931.
The cast of characters includes high-ranking Mafiosi such as Joseph Massino (The Last Don), Salvatore “Sal the Iron Worker” Montagna, Vito Rizzuto, Michael "The Nose" Mancuso, "Vinny Gorgeous" (a nickname never used in his presence) and Cicale himself.
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Additional figures in the book: Salvatore "The Iron Worker" Montagna. and Vito Rizzuto, who set loose a bloody vendetta against all traitors, especially those responsible for the murder of his father and son.
We posit that whatever else Vito did in Canada, he still paid annual tribute to the Bonanno boss in New York.
Cicale believes any "break" Vito made prior to serving his prison sentence for the three-capo slaying was directed personally at Massino and not the Bonanno family. In fact, Vito was very friendly with another figure in our book and was still paying tribute as late as the year 2004; he didn't stop paying in 1999, the year George From Canada was murdered, as has been widely reported.
Cosa Nostra News: The Cicale Files, Volume 1: Inside the Last Great Mafia Empire
We posit that whatever else Vito did in Canada, he still paid annual tribute to the Bonanno boss in New York.
Cicale believes any "break" Vito made prior to serving his prison sentence for the three-capo slaying was directed personally at Massino and not the Bonanno family. In fact, Vito was very friendly with another figure in our book and was still paying tribute as late as the year 2004; he didn't stop paying in 1999, the year George From Canada was murdered, as has been widely reported.
Cosa Nostra News: The Cicale Files, Volume 1: Inside the Last Great Mafia Empire