Can't wait to see Emerald City when/if it gets made.
TB, I'm reading Boss of Bosses but the Westies haven't been mentioned yet, is it at the very end of the book maybe?
Longneck, you're right: the reference wasn't in "Boss of Bosses." Now I don't remember exactly where I read it. But it was one of the things that made Gambino members resentful of Big Paul: selling out an associate of theirs (the bookie) to a gang of drug-crazed Irish loonies. It was one of the things that helped Gotti to get the rest of the Gambino capos and crew chiefs to go along with Castellano's assassination.
TB i take it the top loan shark you was taliking aboutwas ruby stein?
Yes, it was Ruby Stein.