“You would never think that Greenwich Village, whose streets are famed for palette and pen, would be the home of the nation's biggest and most dangerous Mafia outfit.”
"Fausti (The Fist) Dellacava runs the mob from his clubhouse in Greenwich Village. The Fist's needs are simple - he wants everything. And for a while, he succeeds; even his bookmaker, growing gaunt from the strain of it, makes sure that The Fist never loses a bet, even if the team he's wagered on doesn't win the game. His young nephew and namesake has a far more modest agenda - he wants to marry his longtime girlfriend, Concetta, and get a "real" job unconnected to the mob. Unlike his uncle, however, young Fausti finds the going tough from the beginning - he can't seem to escape the family name and its connections. " "Despite their differences, on one point uncle and nephew are in total agreement: "I don't want to go to jail! " When it appears that the law is rapidly closing in on The Fist, he undertakes a bizarre scheme to avoid that fate. "--BOOK JACKET.
