{"product_id":"boardwalk-gangster-9781250002648","title":"Boardwalk Gangster","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the first twenty-five years of his career, Lucky Luciano was a vicious mobster who became the king of the New York underworld. For the next twenty-five, he was a fake, his reputation maintained by government agents. \u003ci\u003eBoardwalk Gangster\u003c\/i\u003e follows him from his early days as a hit man to his sex and narcotics empires, exposing the truth about what he did to help the Allies in World War II, and revealing how he really spent his twilight years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on secret government documents in the United States and Europe, this myth-busting biography tells a story that has never been told before--in which the American Mafia becomes entangled with foreign war and Cold War conspiracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTIM NEWARK is the author of \u003ci\u003eMafia Allies \u003c\/i\u003eand has contributed book reviews to the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times, Time Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e. He has worked as a scriptwriter and consultant for seven television documentary series for the History Channel and BBC Worldwide\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50462097572114,"sku":"9781250002648","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2191f39a-9a70-4760-b17d-119c8010b1b7.jpg?v=1730084734","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/boardwalk-gangster-9781250002648","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}