By John L Smith, . Las Vegas Review Journal
Sensational. That’s the right word to describe “Being Oscar,” Oscar Goodman’s memoir of his high-flying, gin-imbibing life as a mob lawyer and three-term mayor of the city he was destined to represent.
Sensational can be a good thing, of course. “Being Oscar” is a fun read and sensational from first page to last. But, as one of Goodman’s Runyonesque clients might have said, that’s a lot of sensational.
As a mouthpiece, Goodman was in constant demand. Although these days he’s best-known as the lawyer who fought to keep Chicago Outfit enforcer Tony Spilotro out of prison, Goodman was on call from Reno to Philadelphia, San Diego to Boston, wherever the notorious needed fierce representation and could afford his fee.
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