The Underboss

Gerard O'Neill. St. Martin's Press, $4.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-312-91731-9

``The undoing of a Mafia underboss related with underdone flair or tension, this picks up momentum halfway through with the re-creation of the FBI's bugging surveillance, Operation Bostar, conducted in 1981 in Boston's ethnic North End,'' reported PW . The operation finally bagged Gennaro J. Angiulo for racketeering and accessory to murder. Photos. (Nov.)

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