Little Man: Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life

Robert Lacey
3.94
1,064 ratings 63 reviews
Based on interviews with Lansky's close friends & criminal associates, with law enforcement experts, & with members of Lansky's own family, & using previously unpublished documents written by Lansky himself, this is both the biography of a mob operator & a social history of American crime.
Genres: BiographyTrue CrimeCrimeNonfictionHistoryAmerican HistoryThe United States Of AmericaBiography Memoir
559 Pages

Community Reviews:

5 star
352 (33%)
4 star
397 (37%)
3 star
234 (22%)
2 star
57 (5%)
1 star
24 (2%)

Readers also enjoyed

Other books by Robert Lacey

Lists with this book

The Godfather
Gangster
The Sicilian
Best Mafia Books
237 books352 voters
Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
Shadowed Loyalty
John Dillinger: The Life and Death of America's First Celebrity Criminal
The Gangs of New York
Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster
Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
Gangland Histories
117 books46 voters
Steve Jobs
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Einstein: His Life and Universe
Best Biographies
1634 books2884 voters