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TOMMY RED

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“The reader would have a struggle to find a hero to root for on either side of the law in this latest mob novel from the King of the gangster fiction genre. Charlie Stella, a craftsman at work, does not deal in sentiment. Tough, spare, raw edged, from the first page to the last.
The raw, brutal and at times darkly humorous dialogue on each page burns with authenticity. The violence when it comes is sudden and shattering. There are no phantom punches in this sequel to Joey Piss Pot, each one is a knockout.” – Marvin Minkler, Modern First Editions

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THE VOICES IN MY HEAD
Charles is born into the American Catholic Dream. Father is cruel to be kind (“Charles was good this week. Charles was bad this week.”), pitting him against his sister in the battle for affection. Momma, in her native Italian language, calls him piccolo Gesù (Little Jesus). In his personal battle of good versus evil, Charles turns to daydreams. Can he be saved? Seeking redemption requires more than good intentions. It requires luck too, the kind that places the exact right person in the exact right time and place. It requires love that has nothing to do with money and everything to do with finding a soul that has been petrified by lifelong emotional rejection. A woman to the rescue? Or is the voice of a saint that does the trick? Or maybe it’s the voice of young political activist, or is it the voice of the Archangel Metatron? Little Jesus tells his tale in the second person voice of “You” … just one of the many voices in his head.

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Tommy Dalton’s ex-wife is on an honesty kick with their daughter, Alysha. She tells her that her dad kills people. Which, of course, he does. But that’s not the kind of information he wants shared with his kids. Particularly now that he’s working on a new job. Dominick Farase, ready to testify against the Cirelli family, needs silencing. An ex-cop spots him and lets Gasper Cirelli know where to find him. Not a difficult job for Tommy Red. But the Cirellis get nervous about this one, and decide to remove all evidence of the hit including Tommy. More hits are called, and some of them get sloppy. A couple of FBI agents get involved. Frank Cirelli, Gasper’s son and acting head of the family, has to make some tough decisions. Sacrifices must be made. But as far as Tommy is concerned, the Cirellis make their biggest mistake when they fail in their efforts to take him out. A fatal mistake. Now he’s after the family–still trying to keep his daughter out of it, too, of course because when you threaten Tommy or his family, the only response is retribution.
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