Books like Trinities

Leave it to Nick Tosches to make me fall in love with a book about gangsters. And, as an extra bonus, I learned more about the great Eastern philosophies of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism that I expected. And, of course, Tosches' writing is sublime. Here's a taste:"They walked quietly, with the light of the setting sun behind them. The lush green leaves in the boughs overhead turned dark and moved like a glimmering nighttime sea, and their rustling was like the sound of conjuring-gourds, the hissing of snake vertebrae and bone dust in slow, rhythmic, ghostly invocation." .... or how 'bout this first sentence of chapter twenty-two: "With his killing hand, Johnny raised a cup of coffee to his lips."