Killer: Autobiography of a Hitman for the Mafia [Joey]

[Mafia] [Hitman] [Notorious]

Killer: Autobiography of a Hitman for the Mafia

Joey

Playboy Press, IL. 1973. First edition hardcover. Some light staining and a few tears to the dust jacket. Boards are solid, interior is pristine. An excellent copy.

From the publisher:

"The Bronx-born son of a Jewish bootlegger, “Joey the Hit Man” was introduced to crime when he was just eleven years old. For the next thirty years he was a numbers king, scalper, loan shark, enforcer, and drug smuggler. He hijacked trucks, fenced stolen goods, and trafficked in pornography. But Joey really made his name as a Mafia assassin, racking up thirty-eight cold-blooded hits—thirty-five for cash, three for revenge."

A classic of gnarly "dark side" of the mafia prose. More enjoyable than "Ice Man" imo (that guy is a dork) Great dust jacket on this one, some good mafia lore, dark tales for dark times.