Mafia Prince - Inside America's Most Violent Crime Family and the Bloody Fall of la Cosa Nostra

Author(s): Phil Leonetti; Scott Burnstein (As told to); Christopher Graziano (As told to)

True Crime


Mafia Prince is the first-person account of one of the most violent eras in Mafia history --"Little” Nicky Scarfo’s reign as boss of the Philly family in the 1980s--written by Scarfo’s underboss and nephew, "Crazy” Phil Leonetti.

The youngest-ever underboss at the age of 31, Leonetti was at the crux of the violent downfall of the traditional American Mafia in the 1980s when he infiltrated Atlantic City after gambling was legalized, and later turned state’s evidence against his own. His testimony directly led to the convictions of dozens of high-ranking made men including John Gotti, Vincent Gigante, and his own uncle, Nicky Scarfo--sparking the beginning of the end of La Cosa Nostra.

Just as The Godfather and Boardwalk Empire defined the early 20th century Mafia, and Wiseguy and Casino depicted the next great era through the ’70s, Mafia Prince concludes this epic genre revealing the Mafia’s violent final heyday of the 1980s-- straight from the horse’s mouth.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780762454310
  • : Running Press Book Publishers
  • : Running Press Book Publishers
  • : 29 April 2014
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Phil Leonetti; Scott Burnstein (As told to); Christopher Graziano (As told to)
  • : Paperback