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More synonymous in modern times with the mexican mafia than the sicilian mafia, the black hand of death is only one of this gangs many symbols. Here, for the first time, is the complete story of the gallos war against. The mad ones chronicles the rise and fall of the gallo brothers, a trio of reckless young gangsters whose revolution against new york citys mafia was inspired by crazy joe gallo s forays into greenwich village counterculture. It waves the flag of the black hand and its business is murder.
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