This book is very good and so is the movie. its about the prohibition era and how alchol was very illegal but the crime groups sold it. In the streets of chicago italian gangs were running everything by scaring businesses to work for them and pay them or else they would get killed and a single man named Al Capone ran this whole process. This book is all about how a man named eliot ness who was a cop and he put together a force to bust Capone and his people doing all this crime.

I was more entertained than educated by "The Untouchables", which is hardly surprising when you consider that Ness was a publicity monger who recognized the value of a good story and enhanced the truth whenever it fell flat. There are phone threats, drive-by shootings, and murders galore, despite the fact that the son of one Untouchable, Barney Cloonan, told Ness biographer Paul Heimel that they were rarely shot at.

Although Ness and the Untouchables did not take down the Capone mob as claimed in the popular media, they did damage the famous mobster's bootleg income, inconveniencing him financially.

Ness died just before "The Untouchables" hit print, making it a haunting as well as intriguing read. It's not an objective look at the dying years of Prohibition and the downfall of Al Capone, but has novelty value as Ness's final words on that exciting period in his career.

I read this after watching the movie. It was an interesting read although rather surprising that Ness wasn't snuffed out by the Mafia. I believe he would be today. It was an easy read!

I've been a fan of the television show, and the book proved to be very informative. Amazing what a squad of a few CLEAN cops could do in a city like Chicago, with all the crime and criminals around, and so many officials and law officers on the take.

My hunch is that the criticism leveled at this book stems from the expectation that it is (or should be) a purely non-fiction documentation of events. Reading it without that preconceived notion makes it more enjoyable.

I loved it!

Just as good and entertaining as BDP film. Loved it!

The story is really amazing.

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Dated, as expected, and many liberties were apparently taken with the story. I was hoping for more of a historical account of Chicago and Capone.

I really enjoyed the book but can't rate it higher as it is semi-fictional and misleads events in his personal life. That being said, the story of chasing Al Capone is a very good one and you can get a good idea of what led to his conviction.

Very interesting, first hand account of the bootlegging business in Chicago in the 20s and 30s. Easy read, read it in one day. Interesting to see how Capone, etc. were making so much cash they could offer bribes of $100,000 or more a year, a highly respectable salary even today.