Never enough crime in this town

[amalekite]

Over the last two months or so before Ridley Scott's American Gangster was released, when asked by customers at work whether we had any books on Frank Lucas, my reply would be something along the lines of "Lucas? Lucas? Who the fuck is Lucas?"

Now I know my yank crime from Bumpy to Nitti but I couldn't for the life of me recall who the flip the

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[a_tannenbaum]

Welcome to Fight Worse Than A Girl Club. The first rule of Fight Worse Than A Girl Club is that you do not talk about Fight Worse Than A Girl Club.

God, I love Ray Winstone. He was the only one in "The Departed" who really seemed like a genuine thug to me. Ray just reeks danger.

If you are interested in our gangsters, I can suggest some titles to you. It's one of my favorite subjects. (I grew up just 4 blocks away from the drugstore in New York where Vince Coll was tommygunned to death.)