'Lucky Luciano: The Real and the Fake Gangster' seeks to dispel myths, legends about crime boss

Book review: Charles "Lucky” Luciano forged a criminal career for himself that endured for 25 years and earned him the reputation of King of the New York Underworld.

 
| Published: October 24, 2010   

In "Lucky Luciano: The Real and the Fake Gangster” (St. Martin's Press, $26), Tim Newark seeks to dispel the myths and legends surrounding Charles "Lucky” Luciano and provide a true account of his life.

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Luciano grew up in the Lower East side of New York City, embarrassed at school because the only language he knew was his native Sicilian. He quit school and turned to crime, joining a street...
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