Tony Di Napoli

About the Book

On his ice wagon, Tony, watches operatic funerals funneling to the cemeteries in Queens while a bystander plays a lottery: a hearse 33; a corpse 67; a snowy day 67. Tony quits City College where he is a math prodigy to support a dying father and a tubercular sister. His father takes policy plays on the side. Tony relays the bet to a local capo who becomes aware of his way with numbers, and hires him to figure spreads to keep the mob ahead of the players. Secretly, he amasses of thousands of desperate plays day after day, based on dreams of the East Siders. The Dream Book of the Lower East Side. To save a Monsignor’s life, a compulsive gambler, Tony risks his own. Against a mob ban, he plays at casinos to pay the Monsignor’s markers. The mob confronts him, also paid off charities in false wins. A mob sit down says Tony must be whacked. His Great Dream Book will be a nightmare.

About the Author

The author was born on the Lower East Side of New York City, he attended public schools, and is a graduate of Columbia College. As Director of the Youth Bureau of the District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, he writes documentary styled novels such as Rumble on the Docks, The Daughter of the Mafia, Son of Murder, Inc., The Talion Law, and The Wild Truth. Rumble on the Docks sold 2M copies, and was filmed, starring James Darren. Also published novels set in Italy; he is a translator of Italian poetry. As a memoirist, he wrote Remembrance of a Restaurant, and Chez Dogs.