Gangster

Love. Violence. Destiny. These powerful themes ricochet through LorenzoCarcaterras new novel like bullets from a machine gun. In <strong>Gangster</strong> hesur... » 

Love. Violence. Destiny. These powerful themes ricochet through LorenzoCarcaterras new novel like bullets from a machine gun. In Gangster hesurpasses even his bestselling Sleepers to create a brutal and brilliantAmerican saga of murder forgiveness and redemption.Born in the midst of tragedy and violence and raised in the shadow of ashocking secret young Angelo Vestieri chooses to flee both his past and hisfather to seek a second familythe criminals who preside over early 20thcentury New York. In his bloody rise from soldier to mob boss he encountersever more barbaric betrayalsin friendship in his brutal business in love yet simultaneously comes to understand the meaning of loyalty the virtue ofrelationships and gains a perspective on the lonely if powerful life he haschosen.As the years pass as enemies are made and defeated as wars are fought andwon the old don meets an abandoned boy who needs a parent as much asprotection. By taking Gabe under his wing and teaching him everything he knowsAngelo Vestieri will learn in the winter of his life which is greater hislove for the boy he cherishes or his need to be a gangster and to live by thesavage rules he helped create.A sweeping panoramic with riveting characters a unique understanding of theunderworld philosophy and a relentless pace Gangster travels through the timeof godfathers and goodfellas to our own world of suburban Sopranos. But this ismore than just an authentic chronicle of crime. Setting a new standard for thisacclaimed author Gangster is a compassionate portrait of one mans fightagainst his fateand an unforgettable epic of a family a city a century.Fromthe Hardcover edition. «