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9781596911130
"It just may be the perfect summer book."--New YorkPost One a Sicilian Hell's Kitchen gang leader, the other a sickly but brilliant Orthodox Jewish boy who lives next door, Vinny Vesta and Sidney Butcher meet on a fire escape during the blistering New York City summer of 1950. Their friendship develops over the course of a summer that will change Vinny's fortunes forever, at a cost he could never have imagined. Based on a true story,Mafia Summerbrilliantly captures a pivotal moment in Mafia history and in the lives of the teenagers caught up by the Mob.Vincent, E. Duke is the author of 'Mafia Summer' with ISBN 9781596911130 and ISBN 1596911131.
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