{"product_id":"sonny-girards-mob-reader-paperback","title":"Sonny Girard's Mob Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSonny Girard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSonny Girard's Mob Reader is the ultimate organized crime primer from someone who's actually spent his entire life as an insider and writes without confessions. Unlike mob turncoats (i.e.: rats) he writes authentically without self-serving, gratuitous excuses. His old friends, whoever's left, are still his best friends. Mob Reader contains his original articles, short snapshots of mostly unknown characters, reviews of his favorite mob books, letters from visitors to www.SonnysMobCafe.com, and sample pages of his previously published novels. Available Sonny Girard Books: - Blood of Our Fathers - Sins of Our Sons - Snake Eyes - Sonny Girard's Mob Crosswords (coming soon)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving spent his entire life as an active part of New York's organized crime, Girard was characterized by the New York Post as \"...a middle echelon member\" of one of New York's five mob families. After a number of arrests he was eventually sentenced to three years in NY State prison as a result of being targeted by New York's Organized Crime Control Bureau and was later convicted of racketeering, under the RICO statute, by Rudolph Giuliani's office, and sentenced to seven years in federal prison. During that last term Girard became interested in writing. Along with another inmate who had sold a manuscript to a major publisher, Girard helped form a fiction writers' workshop. It was during that time that he completed his first novel, BLOOD OF OUR FATHERS, first published by Pocket\/Simon \u0026amp; Schuster. He has gone on to publish a number of mob related books and can be contacted through his website: www.SonnysMobCafe.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737837473855,"sku":"9780982169681","price":21.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bdb5b3e13cdd26a20566314290dbdbe1.webp?v=1765151255","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/sonny-girards-mob-reader-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}