Interesting and Fast Paced Sixty of the organised crime syndicate summarized in one book. I bought the book the instant I saw it on the stands trusting Zaidi will tell the whole truth. Where are the rogue cops? Where are they now, what happened to them and their wealth? These obvious gaps left me rather frustrated. Without their connivance no underworld could exist anywhere. How did they manage to get off the hook, how did they succumb to the threats and what WERE the threats? How did the underworld get their hands on weapons, where did they source them, who were the people behind the operations? Most frustrating is that the the entire book is soft on the Bombay police force and big politicians. Also names, where are the names of the film stars, politicians and police that attended Dawood's famous parties? There are no details of how extortions were carried out and who were the people in Bollywood and Bombay business that were contacted.
The author traces the life of Dawood's father with meticulous detail that would give him five stars but not of others! Especially the Hindu Dons and their honchos are left rather softly. But, I am sorry to say that like all other Indian biography/history books it is incomplete and so saying half truths. Zaidi has done a remarkable job in tracing the history of the Bombay underworld.
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