Anthony ‘Gaspipe’ Casso, boss of New York’s Lucchese crime family, was a Mafia legend, responsible for more than 50 murders. Now serving 13 life sentences, Casso has given journalist and bestselling author Philip Carlo the most intimate, personal look into the world of La Cosa Nostra ever seen.
In Gaspipe, Casso reveals the shocking details behind headline-making crimes and well-known crime figures, and he explains:
• how he got the order to hit John Gotti after Gotti whacked Big Paul Castellano without approval;
• the workings of the Mafia commission sit-down at which John Gotti was made capo di tutti capi (the boss of all bosses);
• the insidious relationship between La Cosa Nostra and the Russian Mafia, and how the Lucchese family murdered the most feared assassin in the Russian mob;
• the real story of the Mafia Cops and the revelations of other law-enforcement personnel on Casso’s payroll;
• how the Mafia managed to get a stranglehold on America’s unions;
• the truth behind the Mafia’s real role in narcotics smuggling;
• the intimate details of the women behind the mafiosi;
• the truth behind the assassinations of JFK and RFK;
• who killed Jimmy Hoffa and where his body is; and
• why J. Edgar Hoover protected the Mafia.
Chilling and illuminating, unvarnished and entertaining, Gaspipe is a roller-coaster ride into a world few outsiders have ever dared to enter.
