Every day, Stéphane Place offers you a literature break, in partnership with the Librairie Mollat de Bordeaux. Today, "Meyer Lansky, mastermind of the mafia" by Robert Lacey.
After disembarking in the United States in 1911, Meyer Lansky will go from being a petty thug in Manhattan to that of eminence grise of the American mafia. Unlike a Capone, Lansky will understand that to escape justice, the key is laundering dirty money. The huge profits generated by illicit activities must be invested in legal enterprises.
This captivating biography was published by La Manufacture de livres editions. Directed by Pierre Fourniaud, this publishing house also offers Lucky Luciano, testament . Luciano inspired the character of Don Corleone in The Godfather. Another suggestion: the biography of John Edgar Hoover, the indestructible boss of the FBI for almost half a century. Lansky, Luciano, Hoover… So many figures that tell of an era. Three paths that intersect and three books that devour each other.
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