Cut Numbers: A Novel
by Nick Tosches
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This Mafia thriller is familiar with the darkest chambers of the human heart, with a wildly elastic prose style. It unravels the Mafia that only insiders know--the messy day-to-day business of violent crime, pornography, gambling, and extortion.Tags
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Although I couldn't get the numbers game, the characters grabbed me. Since the rise of Tony Soprano and his New Jersey desparados, we have seen the Numbers characters and heard their rhythms over and over. However, Nick Tosches breathes big time life into these grim, small time guys and demonstrates how hard it is to look away when they cast a dead-eyed glance your way.
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Born in Newark & schooled in his father's bar, Nick Tosches is one of the most original & individualistic writers at work today. He is the author of acclaimed biographies of Sonny Liston, (The Devil & Sonny Liston), Dean Martin (Dino), the Mafia financier Michele Sindona (Power on Earth), & Jerry Lee Lewis (Hellfire); of several books about show more popular music (Country & Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll); & of the novels "Trinities" & "Cut Numbers". Thirty years of his writing was recently collected into "The Nick Tosches Reader" (Da Capo). He is a contributing editor of "Vanity Fair". He lives in New York City, & his poetry readings are legend. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Cut Numbers: A Novel
- Original title
- Cut Numbers: A Novel
- Original publication date
- 1988
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA
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- Reviews
- 1
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- Languages
- English, French, German
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- ISBNs
- 6
