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The mobster's lament / by Celestin, Ray,author.;
Fall, 1947. Private Investigator Ida Davis has been called to New York by her old partner, Michael Talbot, to investigate a brutal killing spree in a Harlem flophouse that has left four people dead. But as they delve deeper into the case, Ida and Michael realize the murders are part of a larger conspiracy that stretches further than they ever could have imagined. Meanwhile, Ida's childhood friend, Louis Armstrong, is at his lowest ebb. His big band is bankrupt, he's playing to empty venues, and he's in danger of becoming a has-been, until a promoter approaches him with a strange offer to reignite his career ... And across the city, nightclub manager and mob fixer Gabriel Leveson's plans to flee New York are upset when he's called in for a meeting with the ‘boss of all bosses', Frank Costello. Tasked with tracking down stolen mob money, Gabriel must embark on a journey through New York's seedy underbelly, forcing him to confront demons from his own past, all while the clock is ticking on his evermore precarious escape plans. From its tenements to its luxury hotels, from its bebop clubs to the bustling wharves of the Brooklyn waterfront, award-winning author Ray Celestin's The Mobster's Lament is both a gripping crime novel and a vivid, panoramic portrait of 1940s New York as the mob rises to the height of its powers.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Noir fiction.; Costello, Frank, 1891-1973; Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971; Murder; Private investigators; Mafia;

The Alto Knights [videorecording] / by De Niro, Robert,actor.; Jarvis, Cosmo,1989-actor.; Levinson, Barry,film director,film producer.; Messing, Debra,1968-actor.; Pileggi, Nicholas,screenwriter.; Sosnoff, Jason,film producer.; Winkler, Charles,film producer.; Winkler, David,film producer.; Winkler, Irwin,film producer.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher,presenter.;
Music by David Fleming; edited by Douglas Crise; director of photography Dante Spinoti.Robert De Niro, Cosmo Jarvis, Debra Messing, Kathrine Narducci, Wallace Langham, Michael Rispoli, Matt Servitto.Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of Italian Americans who run two separate mafia families in the mid-twentieth century. Genovese attempted to murder Costello in 1957, although Costello retired from the mob.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for violence and pervasive language.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Gangster films.; Historical films.; Costello, Frank, 1891-1973; Genovese, Vito, 1897-1969; Italian American families; Italian American men; Attempted assassination; Organized crime; Gangsters; Mafia; Mafiosi;
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