Book description
Love. Violence. Destiny. These powerful themes ricochet through Lorenzo Carcaterra's new novel like bullets from a machine gun. In Gangster, he surpasses even his bestselling Sleepers to create a brutal and brilliant American saga of murder, forgiveness, and redemption.
Born in the midst of tragedy and violence and raised in…
Why read it?
1 author picked Gangster as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I read this book years ago. More recently, I listened to the audio version, narrated by Joe Mantegna, which is great.
Carcaterra writes about the life of Angelo Vestieri, a mobster in New York City in the early 1900s. The narrator of the novel is Gabe, an orphan who Vestieri takes under his wing when the boy is ten. Gabe tells Angelo’s story as the old mob boss is near the end of his life.
The main character in my novel is also named Angelo. Total coincidence.
From Robin's list on mob books from a former crime reporter. Fuhgedaboudit!.
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