Cut Numbers: A Novel

Cut Numbers: A Novel
ISBN-10
0316896586
ISBN-13
9780316896580
Category
Fiction
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2001-07-30
Publisher
Back Bay Books
Author
Nick Tosches

Description

This Mafia thriller is familiar with the darkest chambers of the human heart, with a wildly elastic prose style. It unravels the Mafia that only insiders know--the messy day-to-day business of violent crime, pornography, gambling, and extortion.

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