Rick Porrello > Quotes

“Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia—
Corn Sugar and Blood
(Barricade Books, 1995) This is the author's first book, which was conceived out of curiosity about the Prohibition-era killings of his grandfather and three uncles, Mafia leaders who fought the powerful Lonardo family for control of corn sugar, a lucrative bootleg ingredient. Angelo "Big Ange" Lonardo avenges”
― Rick Porrello, Bombs, Bullets, and Bribes: the true story of notorious Jewish mobster Alex Shondor Birns

“his father's murder and survives the ruthless battles to become a mob boss. Facing a life sentence, he causes havoc in the underworld when he agrees to testify against his associates and becomes the highest-ranking Mafia turncoat in US history.”
― Rick Porrello, Bombs, Bullets, and Bribes: the true story of notorious Jewish mobster Alex Shondor Birns

“It was loyalty above all by which Shondor measured a man. Or a woman.”
― Rick Porrello, Bombs, Bullets, and Bribes: the true story of notorious Jewish mobster Alex Shondor Birns

“The book was adapted for the 2011 motion picture Kill the Irishman, directed by Jonathan Hensleigh and costarring Ray Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer, and Christopher Walken.”
― Rick Porrello, Bombs, Bullets, and Bribes: the true story of notorious Jewish mobster Alex Shondor Birns

“I dedicate this book to law enforcement officers everywhere—those men and women who face danger daily in their commitment to protect and serve community or country.”
― Rick Porrello, Bombs, Bullets, and Bribes: the true story of notorious Jewish mobster Alex Shondor Birns