264pp+illus. How the author gave up his boxing career to work for the men he idolised - Capone, Luciano and Siegel. Cohen worked his way to the top of the racket world in Los Angeles. Having fallen foul of his own organisation and the police, he became friends and enemies with the biggest names in Holywood and Washington D.C. - Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Judy Garland, George Raft, Richard Nixon, JFK and RFK, Estes Kefauver and many more. A riveting account of how a successful gangster lives. Index.

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