The acerbic description and wit that turns in these pages exposing a reflection of a unique coming of age tale of old world Italian heritage in a never exposed before Mafia stronghold The way it was done old school From the correct way to stir the sauce and the truth that real Sunday sauce always started on Saturday, to the ins and outs of the sure winners The profound observationon of a unique education of life in the middle of an organized crime stronghold. The irony and and laugh out loud hilarity jump out at you from its pages Bookmakers, cheats, fences, fixers, thugs, mobsters and just regular people in the comedy of life descibed colorfully go on and on Exposed through the experienced gambler's eye that lived it A never before told story that is already on its way to becoming a movie that will bring these characters and times to life again