Honor Thy Father

A classic masterwork newly updatedThe electrifying true story of the rise and fall of New York''s notorious Bonanno crime familyOn New York''s Park Avenue on a rainy Tuesday night in October 1964 the famous Mafia chieftain Joseph Bonanno was kidnapped by two mobsters and reported by the police as dead on the following morning. More than a year later Bonanno mysteriously reappeared setting off a bloody mob feud that came to be known as the “Banana War.”In this monumental work—packed with intimate details and brilliant reporting—bestselling author Gay Talese first brought to the American consciousness a world and a life previously known to only a few. No other book has done more to acquaint readers with the secrets structure wars power plays family lives and fascinating frightening personalities of the Mafia.