The last testament of Bill Bonanno - Bill Bonanno

What I am about to share with you has never been told by anyone who actually attended the Commission meetings.A story that I authorized to be published only after my death. Bill Bonanno. Born into a powerful mob family and married into another, Salvatore Bill Bonanno was privy to a private world that existed just outside the law for decades in Americaa world ruled by the tenets of loyalty, secrecy, brotherhood, and survival at any cost: the Mafia. The son of Joe Bonannothe Godfather-like head, or Rappresentante, of one of the original five crime familiesBill Bonanno came of age in the Golden Age of the Mafia. As the familys trusted Consigliere, he witnessed the unspeakable. He participated in cloistered acts of initiation. He spoke the language of violence and hierarchy, Sicilian history and familial ties that bind until death. He knew the untold secrets of the Commission meetingswhere they were held, who attended, what security was required, how business was conducted, and what issues were discussed-secrets that could never be revealeduntil now. In his waning years Bill realized that these secrets, the details, stories, and imageswhich he had meticulously kept from his own memoir Bound by Honor as well as Gay Taleses acclaimed chronicle of the Bonanno family, Honor Thy Fatherwould disappear with his passing. So with the help of author Gary Abromovitz, Bill composed a true last testament, a comprehensive opus that would finally unburden him of years of hidden truthsa project that can only now be published after Bills death.