Gangster Analog audio cassette - 2001

From the publisher

Love. Violence. Destiny. These powerful themes ricochet through Gangster like bullets from a machine gun. Lorenzo Carcaterra 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 the shadow of a shocking secret, young Angelo Vestieri chooses to flee both his past and his father to seek a second family -- the criminals who preside over early twentieth-century New York. In his bloody rise from soldier to mob boss, he encounters ever more barbaric betrayals -- in friendship, in his brutal business, in love -- yet simultaneously comes to understand the meaning of loyalty, the virtue of relationships, and gains a perspective on the lonely, if powerful, life he has chosen.

A sweeping panorama with riveting characters, a unique understanding of the underworld philosophy, and a relentless pace, Gangster is a novel that travels through the time of godfathers and goodfellad to our own world of suburban Sopranos. But this is more than just an authentic chronicle of crime. Setting a new standard for this acclaimed author, Gangster is a compassionate portrait of one man's fight against his fate -- and an unforgettable epic of a family, a city, and a century.