The Mad Ones

"The Mad Ones" chronicles the rise and fall of the Gallo brothers, a trio ofareckless young gangsters whose revolution against New York CityOCOs Mafiaawas inspired by Crazy Joe GalloOCOs forays into Greenwich Village counterculture.

Crazy Joe, Kid Blast, and Larry Gallo are steeped in legend, from Bob DylanOCOsaeleven-minute ballad OC JoeyOCO to fictionalizations central to "The Godfather"atrilogy and Jimmy BreslinOCOs "The Gang That CouldnOCOt Shoot Straight." Calledathe toughest gang in the city by the NYPD, the Gallos hailed from thearough Red Hook neighborhood on the Brooklyn waterfront. As low-levelaMafiosi, they were expected to serve their don quietly, but the brothersastood apart from typical gangsters with their hip style, fierce ambition, aand Crazy JoeOCOs manic idealism.

Here, for the first time, is the complete story of the GallosOCO war againstathe powerful Cosa Nostra, an epic crime saga that culminates in CrazyaJoeOCOs murder on the streets of Little Italy, where he was gunned downamid-bite into a forkful of spaghetti in 1972. "The Mad Ones" is a wildlyasatisfying entertainment and a significant work of cultural history."