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The Black Book and the Mob: The Untold Story of the Control of Nevada's Casinos. By Ronald A. Farrell and Carole Case. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995. xiv, 286 pp. Cloth, $44.00, ISBN 0-233-14750-9. Paper, $17.95, IBN 0-233-14754-1.)
Coming on the heels of the much publicized movie Casino, this volume on Nevada's Black Book, complete with photographs of unsavory characters and pages of titillating courtroom quotations, is sure to attract the attention of Mafia aficionados everywhere. As defined by the authors, criminologists who claim to have risked their safety in order to conduct this study, the Black Book is a list of persons excluded from casinos in Nevada because of their perceived threat to the public image of gaming. Many of the forty-five names on that list are Italian and reputed members of the mob. Their fascinating stories make up the major portion...