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A blue-blood Wall Street lawyer suffers midlife crisis via implausible affiliation with Mafia don/neighbor. He loses his material possessions, family relationships, but supposedly learns lifes lessons he never would have at the country club.
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The review of this Book prepared by michael smith




LAWYER, MARRIED TO UPPER SOCIETY WOMAN WHOM HE LOVES DEEPLY, IS FORCED THROUGH STRENGTH OF CHARACTER OF MAFIA DON TO COMPROMISE HIS IDEALS AND HIS POISTION IN COMMUNITY. THERE IS EVENTUUAL BETRAYAL BY THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM AND A CYNICAL CLOSING OF THE "SOCIAL" CONTRACT.
The review of this Book prepared by Jim Russell




WASP lawyer meets Mafia Kingpin. The Gold Coast of Long Island will never be the same.
The review of this Book prepared by Tom Brucato



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Plot & Themes

Composition of Book descript. of violence and chases 10%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 10%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 60%How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) 20% Tone of story    -   depressing/sad Time/era of story:    -   1980's-1999 Kid or adult book?    -   Adult or Young Adult Book Crime Thriller    -   Yes General Crime (including known murderer)    -   Yes Who's the criminal enemy here?    -   breaking up mobsters

Main Character

Gender    -   Male Profession/status:    -   a lawyer creature Age:    -   40's-50's

Setting

United States    -   Yes The US:    -   Northeast Misc setting    -   fancy mansion

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   moderately detailed references to deaths Explicit sex in book?    -   Yes What kind of sex:    -   touching of anatomy    -   actual description of sex    -   descript. of breasts    -   descript. of other female areas Amount of dialog    -   roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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