Arlacchi, Pino. Translated by Marc Romano. Men of Dishonor – Inside the Sicilian Mafia: An Account of Antonino Calderone. 2nd. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1993. Print.
Antonino Calderone is the brother of the infamous former mafia boss, Pippo Calderone, and former ‘man of honor’. In this book, Calderone reveals details about the inner workings of the mafia, as well as information about the various mafia wars in Sicily. Calderone additionally tries to allow the reader into the mind of the mafiosi: how their minds work and how they see themselves. There are also personal details about Luciano Liggio, the boss of the Corleone mafia and his successor, the feared Toto Riina. However, a reader must be skeptical when a former mafiosi glorifies their own tale while criminalizing his rivals.
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