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IL DOTTORE: THE DOUBLE LIFE OF A MAFIA DOCTOR By: Ron Felber
Barricade Books
March 2013
On Sale: March 16, 2013
263 pages ISBN: 1569804915 EAN: 9781569804919 Paperback
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The inspiration for Fox TVβs drama series, βMob Doctor,β Il Dottore is the riveting true story of a Jewish kid from the Bronx who became a Mafia insider and physician to top NY Mafia dons such as John Gotti, Carlo Gambino, Paul Castellano, and Joe Bonanno. As a result, the doctor led a double life: well respected surgeon and socialite by day, and βIl Dottore,β gambler and sex addict, by night. Welcomed into an exciting and glamorous underworld which included discos, drugs, high-stake gambling and beautiful women, he somehow managed to pursue his true profession seriously and in time, became one of the nationβs leading cardiac surgeons. Eventually, he had to make a choice between loyalty to the mob and killing a government witness on the operating table, or remaining true to his Hippocratic Oath, all under the watchful eye of New York's top federal prosecutor, Rudolph Giuliani.
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