![]() As he grows older, Angelo takes Gabe, an abandoned boy, under his wing, and teaches him everything he knows.įinally, he will learn which is stronger - the love he has for the boy he cherishes, or the need to be a gangster and live by the savage rules he helped to create. Through his bloody rise from soldier to mob boss he deals in further betrayals - in his brutal business, in friendship and in love - while coming to understand loyalty and the virtues of relationships. Born in violence and raised in the shadow of a shocking secret, young Angelo Vestieri chose to flee both his Italian past and his father, and build a new life in early 20th century New York. GANGSTER is an epic, compassionate portrait of one man's fight against his fate - and the narrative of a family, a city and a century. Now, in this huge story, he travels from the days of godfathers and goodfellas to our own world of suburban Sopranos. Ever since his best-selling SLEEPERS, Lorenzo Carcaterra has told tales of Italian-Americans. In GANGSTER, he surpasses even his bestselling SLEEPERS to create a brutal and brilliant American saga of murder, forgiveness, and redemption. ![]() After a long and sanguinary run, boss Angelo Vestieri lies dying, while a young man we know only as Gabe keeps a loving vigil by his bedside. ![]() ![]() 1, 2001 Yet another of those tedious underworld novels in which Godfathers and Galahads tend to overlap, this time in early 20th-century New York. These powerful themes ricochet through Lorenzo Carcaterra's new novel like bullets from a machine gun. GANGSTER by Lorenzo Carcaterra RELEASE DATE: Feb. ![]()
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