Mob girl : the explosive true story of the woman who took on the Mafia
Carpenter, Teresa, 1948-2020
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Arlyne Weiss grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the daughter of a Jewish mobster who ran an auto sales business as a front. From a young age, she idolized Virginia Hill, the girlfriend of gangster Bugsy Siegel, and aspired to what she saw as a glamorous and exciting life. After a brief marriage to a furrier named Norman Brickman, she achieved her goal and then some, inserting herself into the lives of dozens of wise guys - Italian mobsters were her preference - and becoming addicted to the rush of danger and lawlessness. But after years of violence, a brutal gang rape, and finally, threats against her daughter, she turned the tables on those who betrayed her and became a government informant, wearing a wire and ultimately becoming a major witness in the government's successful case against the Colombo crime family, bringing down the notorious Anthony Scarpeti.
Main title:
Mob girl : the explosive true story of the woman who took on the Mafia / Teresa Carpenter.
Author:
Carpenter, Teresa, 1948-, author
Imprint:
London : HarperElement, 2020.
Collation:
288 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Film tie-in.Originally published: U.S.: Simon & Schuster, 1992.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780008398699 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.1092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2965616