The boss of New York's infamous Lucchese crime family, Anthony "Gaspipe"
Casso's life in the Mafia was preordained from birth. His rare talent
for "earning"--concocting ingenious schemes to hijack trucks, rob banks,
and bring vast quantities of drugs into New York--fueled his unstoppable
rise up the ladder of organized crime. A mafioso responsible for at
least fifty murders, Casso lived large, with a beautiful wife and money
to burn. When the law finally caught up with him in 1994, Casso became
the thing he hated most--an informer.
From his blood feud with John Gotti to his dealings with the "Mafia
cops," decorated NYPD officers Lou Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, to
the Windows case, which marked the beginning of the end for the New York
Mob, Gaspipe is Anthony Casso's shocking story--a roller-coaster ride
into an exclusive netherworld that reveals the true inner workings of
the Mafia, from its inception to the present time.