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Chin
- The Life and Crimes of Mafia Boss Vincent Gigante
- Narrated by: Paul Costanzo
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
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Summary
Vincent "Chin" Gigante.
He started out as a professional boxer - until he found his true calling as a ruthless contract killer. His doting mother's pet name for the boy evolved into his famous alias, "Chin", a nickname that struck fear throughout organized crime as he routinely ordered the murders of mobsters who violated the Mafia code.
Vincent Gigante was hand-picked by Vito Genovese to run the Genovese Family when Vito was sent to prison. Chin raked in more than $100 million for the Genovese Family, all while evading federal investigators. At the height of his power, he controlled an underworld empire of close to 300 made men.
And yet Vincent Gigante was, to all outside appearances, certifiably crazy. A serial psychiatric hospital outpatient, he wandered the streets of Greenwich Village in a ratty bathrobe and slippers. He urinated in public, played pinochle in storefronts, and hid a second family from his wife. On 22 occasions, he admitted himself to a mental hospital. It took nearly 30 years of endless psychiatric evaluations by a parade of puzzled doctors for federal authorities to finally bring him down.
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- stephen lindsay
- 01-11-21
Capo Di Tutti
The real boss of bosses, a posthumous biography of arguably the Greatest US Cosa Nostra boss the world has ever seen.
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- Anthony winter
- 24-09-18
the chin
very interesting and thourough book going right through mafia history leaving no stone unturned well written and well narrated
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- Terry
- 11-01-22
Spellbinding
Really good listen. Well narrated and the right length. Could not put this down until finished
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- james
- 12-06-22
very good book.
very intersting and to think they never made a film about the most successful of all godfathers.
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- Linda T
- 27-08-23
Chin
Brilliant book on the mafia. But think the chin was a bit of a hypochondriac. Always had some kind of illness. Definitely recommend
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- Jesse james
- 31-01-18
Great insight
What a great insight into the the life and times of the old school mafia into the new age a real gripping listen
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- DEAN
- 28-01-22
Great insite to the mob
Great book and what a mobster he played his own game against the courts and fbi which kept him on the streets for many more years
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- LUKE KIRBY
- 06-10-21
Excellent. MUST READ for Mafia history fans.
An excellent portrayal of Vincent gigante and his life. Well written to the point you actually feel for Gigante towards the end of his life only to remember the subterfuge he displayed.
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- Mr L Palmer
- 18-09-17
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Unfortunately I tuned into the narrators tendency to whistle when pronouncing words than contain S
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- Harlemspartans1
- 24-03-20
Not the blood and violence I thought
Boring,depressing told by other people waste of time and don't waste your coins or cash
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