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December 29, 2025
I stumbled across this gem from 1968, and I’m glad I did. Lelsie Waller has written 37 books, among them Dog Day Afternoon, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (with Steven Spielberg) and Falcon Crest.
The Family is ostensibly about the Mafia, but it has much to say about the banking system - both crime institutions. It is a story of organized crime, banking, the 1960s protest movement, race relations, marriage and infidelity.
Waller develops an interesting cast of characters including a mafia crime boss, a WASP banker, a Jewish real estate developer and a bisexual fashion designer. I was anticipating how all these characters would intersect. Some do and some don’t. The ending is somewhat anticlimactic as if the author ran out of steam.
The Family is ostensibly about the Mafia, but it has much to say about the banking system - both crime institutions. It is a story of organized crime, banking, the 1960s protest movement, race relations, marriage and infidelity.
Waller develops an interesting cast of characters including a mafia crime boss, a WASP banker, a Jewish real estate developer and a bisexual fashion designer. I was anticipating how all these characters would intersect. Some do and some don’t. The ending is somewhat anticlimactic as if the author ran out of steam.
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September 14, 2024
A classic story involving shady characters involving the Mafia and conniving against each other. It's a good summer read
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