Showing posts with label Maffia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maffia. Show all posts
Monday, 6 July 2026

Beretta (Signature Weapon)

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This post is a new entry in my Signature Weapons series, weapons you find in crime fiction and spy fiction and that are used or could be us...
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Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Take the Cannoli

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 " Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. " You know where this quote comes from . Recently, WOlfie was asked in a homework to try Itali...
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Saturday, 18 May 2024

The Godfather, the Game

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 Oh the things one finds in the local toy shop. As many people into crime fiction, whether they are books or films, I am a fan of The Godfat...
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Thursday, 16 March 2023

Les Ides de mars hier à Montréal

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Je pensais hier aux Ides de mars, me demandant si je ne devrais pas bloguer sur le sujet. Puis je me suis dit que non, que j'avais fait ...
Tuesday, 24 November 2020

Mafia Inc. for #Noirvember

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The month is almost over and thus #Noirvember will also soon be over, but I will carry on enjoying crime fiction for the coming months, in f...
Friday, 14 February 2020

Mafia Inc.

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J'ai appris l'année dernière que e livre Mafia Inc d'André Cédilot et d'André Noël faisait l'objet d'une adaptatio...
Monday, 15 April 2019

Mafia Inc., le film

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J'ai déjà blogué à quelques reprises sur le livre documentaire Mafia Inc d'André Cédilot et d'André Noël. C'est une "l...
Tuesday, 12 March 2019

Crime (writing) in progress

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I wanted to give a bit of an update about the creative writing workshop I attend. I now know when will be our next meeting: in the first hal...
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Wednesday, 20 February 2019

True (Organized) Crimes

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I have on my bookshelves a book on organized crime by Paul Lunde, which I received a few years ago for Christmas. It is aptly titled Organ...
Friday, 24 March 2017

The Godfather's Anniversary

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The recent events should not make us forget something that one needs to commemorate and celebrate. And today is one day of celebration: it i...
Saturday, 30 July 2016

My bro in Chicago

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My brother PJ is off for a few days in Chicago for a conference (I think). I don't know he will be doing touristic stuff much, but I e...
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Wednesday, 9 September 2015

Bonne nuit pour le Buonanotte?

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Je blogue encore une fois sur une nouvelle criminelle et juridique montréalaise (après mon billet de samedi passé inaperçu), glânée dans La...
Tuesday, 8 April 2014

Comme une certaine lassitude...

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Les Libéraux sont majoritaires au Québec. Surpris? Non. Déçu? Oui. Marois a fait une très mauvaise campagne, mais ça n'excuse pas les ci...
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Tuesday, 24 December 2013

Christmas crimes

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No, no, I did not commit any crime myself. I learned recently some news that surprised me: Vito Rizzuto, the presumptive head of the Italian...
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Tuesday, 13 August 2013

L'Italie montréalaise

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Je l'ai appris dans La Presse, car ils ont un dossier sur le sujet : c'est la Semaine italienne de Montréal . Je ne savais même pas ...
Thursday, 9 May 2013

A criminal great unknown line

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Sometimes these days, for part of my journey to work, I chat with a former colleague of mine, who now works in a different company and takes...
Monday, 6 May 2013

What to read next

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I finished yesterday The Sweet Forever by George Pelecanos . it took me too long to read, embarrassingly so. But I was reading, I am readin...
Thursday, 24 January 2013

Montreal's Irish Mafia

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The title of this post is also the title of this book . Written by the journalist D'Arcy O'Connor and Miranda O'Connor. It is ...
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Thursday, 4 October 2012

Vito Rizzuto: expliquez-moi

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Vito Rizzuto, le parrain de ma mafia montréalaise, sera libéré en fin de semaine . Après avoir passé six ans en prison pour triple meurtre. ...
Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Les crapules et le pouvoir

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J'ai lu ceci aujourd'hui. Et selon Vincent Marissal , le Parti libéral va garder l'argent du mafioso. Je n'ai rien d'...
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