By Paul M. Levitt
Christy Mahon, a former member of the Robaccia gang, now at the lam for having crossed its boss, Brooklyn Benny, has landed a role at Bogus U. as a janitor. Listening via a heating vent, he overhears the hunt committee’s deliberations and comes to a decision to interview for the activity, which he eventually lands in a humorous and subversive chain of events.
Laura Favoloso, who has her personal ties to the mob, works at Bogus U. and gives Christy with an insider’s view of its internal workings and decrease depths. below Laura’s effect and tutelage, Christy reluctantly starts to rework right into a new guy, and attempts to institute rigorous educational criteria, elevating the ire and interesting the violent developments of the scholar inhabitants. however the pupil physique isn't the in simple terms area from which Christy needs to safeguard himself from mortal harm—a hit has been ordered on Christy, and he needs to use his previous road smarts in addition to his newly received political savvy to outlive and guard his legacy.
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