He does not want or need a family, not even the Sicilian variety. I find it fascinating that Carcaterra never once mentions or even implies the existence of the big syndicate crime families. He is frightening and hard, yet we feel for him. He is as real to us as any of the mob bosses we read about in the newspapers and history books. The interesting thing about this novel is that Carcaterra has created an archetype gangster who is a cross between the type featured in James Cagney movies in the 30’s, and the Godfather, Don Corleone, of the 60’s. This is just as much Gabe’s story as it is Angelo’s, a contrast between a hard, cold story of death and violence, and a touching story of a boy coming of age. It is only the narrator, Gabe, who does that, because Angelo took him in and raised him to be his successor. Lorenzo Carcaterra never sugar-coats our view of Angelo. Even though he is the protagonist of this story, and a person for whom we feel some compassion, Angelo Vestieri is still a cold-blooded murderer, a mob boss, and an utterly ruthless individual. This story is very well written and told with an amazing degree of evenhandedness.
And he lies dying a lonely and bitter man. He became one of the biggest crime bosses America had ever seen. He became a gangster at an early age, hardened by adversity and smart enough to be a survivor. He was born to an Italian immigrant in 1906 and was raised on the mean streets of lower Manhattan. In 1996, he lies dying in a hospital bed, but through the two people closest to him, we learn his fascinating and terrible story. OL1748420W Page_number_confidence 96.73 Pages 552 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20201128153819 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 497 Scandate 20201126131254 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780708994917 Tts_version 4.Angelo Vestieri is a gangster in every sense of the word.
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