UNLESS THEY KILL ME FIRST

by Vincent (The Cat) Siciliano ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 16, 1970

Corkscrew crooked and no bigger than ""a goddam jockey,"" The Cat grew up in the '20's in a household of guns and uncles (Lucky Luciano, Frank Costello) and learned fast: in the fourth grade he stabbed a kid; later he helped his mother kill his old man's girl; at sixteen, he was forced to get married. From then on it's a series of ups and downs and ins and outs (Sing Sing) and on the whole less interesting-particularly his long grudge fight against a labor leader, Robert Cervone, who arranged to have him hit twice. . . . Siciliano claims that making a living in crime was essentially no different than anything else--after writing a book like this he'll find out it was a lot easier.

Pub Date: June 16, 1970

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Hawthorn

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1970

Categories: NONFICTION