Tuesday, May 4 2010
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (40th Anniversary Edition) by George V. Higgins
Higgins’ message, about crime’s futility and the falseness of its glamour as portrayed by Mario Puzo and Francis Coppola, is an important one, and his book more than succeeds in conveying it.
Wednesday, August 12 2009
The Mad Ones by Tom Folsom
This wonderfully recreates the subterranean world of New York in the '60s, when Beatniks, jazz musicians, and existential dropouts began to rub up against the old-school underworld of the city.
Monday, June 11 2007
The Godfather: Blackhand Edition
Man, there's something really satisfying about hitting someone.
Wednesday, June 1 2005
Black Label Society: Mafia
There's a thin line between seriousness and self-parody in heavy metal. Zakk Wylde knows exactly where that line is.
Wednesday, March 24 2004
Mafia
The plot is markedly less clichéd than that of The Getaway, which steals relentlessly and less interestingly from Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino's films.
