From dealing blackjack in the small-time gangstertown of Steubenville, Ohio, to carousing with thefamous "Rat Pack" in a Hollywood hecalled home, Dean Martin lived in a grandstand, guttering life of booze, broads, and big money. Herubbed shoulders with the mob, the Kennedys, andHollywood's biggest stars. He was one of America'sfavorite entertainers. But no one really knew him.Now Nick Tosches reveals the man behind theimage--the dark side of the American dream. It's awild, illuminating, sometimes shocking tale of sex, ambition, heartaches--and a life lived hard, fast, and withoutapologies."