How long does it take to read The Last Mafioso?
Ovid Demaris
The Last Mafioso by Ovid Demaris takes about 10 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 22 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1981. 565 pages, about 155,375 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A biography novel detailing the life of American Mafia member Aladena "Jimmy the Weasel" Fratianno. It chronicles Fratianno's life from a kid in Cleveland to becoming the acting Boss of the Los Angeles crime family. Author Ovid Demaris gained the information for the book from Fraitanno himself in the early 1980s, where they spent hours recording conversations between the two. Demaris also conducted his own research and background gathering. The book was released in 1981. It was the first of two biographical books written about Fratianno, the other being Vengeance is Mine by Michael J. Zuckerman published in 1987.
Subjects: Mafia, Crime and criminals, La Cosa Nostra, Organised Crime, Witness Protection Programme
