--- product_id: 442050556 title: "When Corruption Was King: How I Helped the Mob Rule Chicago, Then Brought the Outfit Down Paperback – November 3, 2021" brand: "robert cooley with hillel levinhillel levin" price: "€ 37.56" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.it/products/442050556-when-corruption-was-king-how-i-helped-the-mob-rule store_origin: IT region: Italy --- # When Corruption Was King: How I Helped the Mob Rule Chicago, Then Brought the Outfit Down Paperback – November 3, 2021 **Brand:** robert cooley with hillel levinhillel levin **Price:** € 37.56 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** When Corruption Was King: How I Helped the Mob Rule Chicago, Then Brought the Outfit Down Paperback – November 3, 2021 by robert cooley with hillel levinhillel levin - **How much does it cost?** € 37.56 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.it](https://www.desertcart.it/products/442050556-when-corruption-was-king-how-i-helped-the-mob-rule) ## Best For - robert cooley with hillel levinhillel levin enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted robert cooley with hillel levinhillel levin brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![When Corruption Was King: How I Helped the Mob Rule Chicago, Then Brought the Outfit Down Paperback – November 3, 2021 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71dHtD16J+L.jpg) ![When Corruption Was King: How I Helped the Mob Rule Chicago, Then Brought the Outfit Down Paperback – November 3, 2021 - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51++yDr6xcL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Holy Moly is Right! If it could give it 6 stars. *by K***A on October 6, 2023* Makes me ashamed to be a Chicagoan, honestly. The Mob running our Government across the street from City Hall!?, Courts, Politicians, Judges, Cops, Unions and Police Departments. What a sad joke. It's true. AND, even more sadly...it persists today. It's pretty much been THE MOST CORRUPT American city at least 50 years in the making where anything including Acquittal for Murder is for Sale at the Right Price. Bob Cooley has Real Balls for what he did and this book is insanely good!!! A+++ ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ So Chicago *by C***A on February 19, 2006* I'm a mob afficiandado and live close to Chicago, so this book drew my attention the moment I found out about it. If you want to know the way Chicago works (still works, by the way) this book will tell you. Bob Cooley was a mob lawyer who got in over his head and saved himself by ratting on the Outfit. The evidence he gave the feds sent a lot of made men previously untouchable to prison. Frankly, I don't like Cooley at all. He rode the mob gravy train until it was about ready to run him over, then jumped off and let it wreck. I think most mob lawyers are worse than mobsters, because the lawyers dishonor their sworn oath to uphold the law by ignoring their clients' known crimes. But Cooley, slime though he may be, has fascinating information to give about the Outfit, and Hillel Levin does a terrific job of presenting it. The writing is dynamic and Levin puts his reader into every mob hotspot and Chicago wiseguy hangout in a way that makes that reader feel as if he's there, and brings along plenty of Windy City politicians and judges for the sleazy ride (many of whom are still lining their pockets with crminals' money). Spellbinding reading, with lots of great photographs. This is not just a Chicago mob book; it's a book for anybody who finds the underworld an interesting place. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Second time reading this *by C***A on January 13, 2023* I read this in an inter-library loan a few years ago. I wanted to read it again, so I bought it as a Kindle download. I found it to be well-written and believable, although mildly self-serving (not a problem). It also sheds light on a part of organized crime that is overlooked - political corruption. Sure, everyone has heard of Capone, Giancana, Accardo, and Lombardo. But how many people know of the importance of Pat Marcy and Fred Roti and Al D'Arco to the Outfit? 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