Great book. A lot of the places are around Philly. Eat at Villa Roma all the time,our local is mentioned, old Latin Casino,and Delaware Local where the Irishman was president is in our supplement.
The book is pretty persuasive but some critics say Sheeran made up some of this stuff to sell the book . he claims he killed Crazy Joe Gallo among others like Hoffa and he says he brought the high powered rifles to someone who transported them to Dallas for the Kennedy assassination . Other stories seem a little out there.
It may all be true. We'll probably never know the whole truth. What I found super interesting is the fact that Joe Kennedy and sons double crossed the mob when the Chicago outfit helped Kennedy win the election by taking their state. They had hoped Kennedy would take care of Castro ( which they tried ) so the Mob could take back Cuba and put the casinos back.
Instead John appointed his brother Robert as attorney general and he went after the Mafia. The Mob really wanted to take Robert out but they knew the president would "unleash the dogs " on all them. So they took out John , cutting off the head , and then 6 months later Johnson got rid of Robert .