Donnie Brasco;My undercover life in the Mafia by Joseph D Pitsone with Richard Woodley
November 28, 2008 3:37 pm Book ReviewsThis is the true story of Donnie Brasco who spent five years working undercover with the Mafia as special agent Pitsone for the FBI. He had to become totally involved in Mafia life and act as if he was one of them. This meant spending months at a time away from his wife and young children, he missed out on big parts of his daughters growing up but he was dedicated to his job and it did eventually pay off. He worked under the name of Donnie Brasco, which was a truly believable character. He was very close to a lot of members of the mafia, that close that Lefty Ruggerio even asked him to be best man at his wedding.
Pitstone attending parties with the mafia, ate and drank with them, he did everything he could to fit in and become one of them. He would always get out of the actual highjackings as if the cops turned up they would be armed and someone would get hurt. He helped with the planning and the unloading sometimes he was questioned but the majority of the time Donnie Brasco was as believable as any other mafia member.
An amazing book for anyone interested in the mafia, I would highly recommend.