by Lorenzo Carcaterra · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266128155
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«Gangster» is the crime novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra, published by Pocket, an imprint of Presses de la Cité, in paperback (535 pages, in French).
In 1996, in a New York hospital, the old gangster Angelo Vestieri receives Gabe, his protégé, and a mysterious woman named Skipper. From his bed, memories reconstruct a life marked by immigration, the street, and a ruthless rise to the top of organized crime.
French edition published in 2005; the original work appeared in 2001.
For readers of crime, historical, and thriller fiction: a story of mafia, loyalty, and redemption in New York.
Lorenzo Carcaterra is an American writer of Italian descent. Hell's Kitchen is the setting for his most famous book, Sleepers, which was adapted as a 1996 film of the same name. In April 2009, he joined True/Slant as a blogger. True/Slant ceased operations on July 31, 2010, after only being open for a little less than a year total.
