Contents

Epigraph

Author’s Note

Acknowledgments

Cast of Characters

Map of Gravesend and Bensonhurst

Prologue

Part I Seeds

1 Sanctuary

2 Dark Secrets

3 It’s Good to Know Karate

4 The Making of a Dragon Slayer

5 The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree

6 Cherry Blossoms and Samurai

7 The Bonannos

Part II Killers Fear Him

8 The Green Hornet and the Bonannos

9 The Bonanno Vampire

10 The Perfect Storm

11 Armed, Dangerous, and Aggressive

12 Gravesend: The Cemetery

13 Buy and Bust

14 Pizza Two

15 Street Monkey

16 The Vampire of Avenue S

17 Surveillance

18 Phyllis

19 Three-Time Loser

20 Group 33

21 The Guvenaros

22 The Gravedigger

23 The Art of Walk-and-Talks

24 Happenstance

25Party Girl

26 Speedballs

27 Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda

28 No Remorse, No Conscience, No Scruples

29 Fire-Breathing Dragon

30 The Loss of a Tentacle

31 The Body in the Alley

32 The Cleaner

33 “You’re Not My Boss”

34 Dynamic Duo

35 Stick Shift

36 Willie Boy

37 The Garage

38 B & E

39 Rats

Part III The Beat Goes On

40 The Cop Killer

41 Spider’s Web

42 1–900-Fuck-Me

Photographic Insert

43 He’s a Real Bad Dude

44 Day Trip

45 The Rock of Gibraltar

46 The Meatwagon

47 Lion’s Share

48 DUI

49 Revelations

Part IV Traumas and Trials

50 The William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge

51 Cheap Suitcases

52 The Execution of Tommy Karate Pitera

53 Tight-Lipped Pitera

54 The United States of America Versus Pitera

55 Yea or Nay

 

Epilogue

About the Author

Other Books by Philip Carlo

Credits

Copyright

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