Michael, the grandson of Sicilian immigrants, discovers a chilling family secret. With “the book” in hand, he must make a choice to continue the family legacy or end a decades old pledge of violence promised to a young bouncer at the Harvard Inn, Coney Island. This pledge, largely responsible for the rise of Chicago’s most notorious and beloved gangster, became a life long service and necessity for the continued growth of the “family”.
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