Giovanni's ring : my life inside the real Sopranos
Rocco, Giovanni (Law enforcement)2021
Book
Giovanni's Ring is the story of 'Giovanni Rocco,' a New Jersey police officer, known undercover as 'Giovanni Gatto,' who was the mysterious agent at the epicentre of Operation Charlie Horse, a federal undercover operation that ultimately brought down ten members and associates of New Jersey's DeCavalcante Mafia family, the criminal organisation known as 'the real Sopranos. Giovanni spent nearly three years working his way into the DeCavalcante hierarchy. That lethal assignment brought the undercover operation to an end in March 2015, and the resulting string of high-profile arrests eviscerated the criminal organisation. Giovanni's Ring is not simply a chronicle of Giovanni Rocco's adventures in the murky and dangerous Mafia world he inhabited, but also a fascinating window into the psychological struggles that such a life inevitably entails.
Main title:
Giovanni's ring : my life inside the real Sopranos / Giovanni Rocco with Douglas Schofield.
Author:
Rocco, Giovanni (Law enforcement), authorSchofield, Douglas, author
Imprint:
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2021]©2021
Collation:
ix, 243 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
A day in the life -- The University of Bayonne -- Accidental cop -- Back on the streets -- TFO -- Home fires -- Small(s) beginnings -- Jealous mistress -- Lui the Dog -- Making the jump: Gambinos -- Creeping suspicions -- First contact -- Operation Charlie Horse -- Planting the flag -- Love and war -- Charlie's waking nightmare -- Las Vegas -- Too close to home -- The dog picks up a scent -- Game of chairs -- On the record -- Tested -- The bonds of iniquity -- Building a crew -- Cugine -- Unwired -- Whack the Dog, Act I -- Controlling the crazies -- Whack the Dog, Act II -- Mobster conclave -- Nut Job Augie -- Whack the Dog, Act III --- Hotsy-Totsy Shrimp -- Endgame -- Arrest -- Home alone.
ISBN:
9781641603508 (hardback)
Dewey class:
364.10609749
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
385991