Il Dottore: The Double Life of a Mafia Doctor

by Ron Felber

Overview

The inspiration for Fox TV’s drama series, “Mob Doctor,” 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 “Il Dottore,” 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 nation’s 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781569805015
Publisher:	Barricade Books, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/22/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	263
File size:	342 KB

About the Author

Ron Felber is a graduate of Georgetown University and Loyola University Chicago, where he earned his master’s degree. After graduation, he worked as a deputy sheriff transporting federal criminals including hit men, terrorists, con men and drug dealers. His writing career began with articles based on his experiences for True Detective magazine. He has authored eight book and his latest effort, A Man of Indeterminate Value, is the first novel in the “Jack Madson” series to be published by Barricade Books in the spring of 2013. Ron lives in Mendham, NJ.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	vii
1.	The Commission	1
2.	Bronx Boy Discovers Body	7
3.	Initiation	15
4.	Birth of the American Mafia	21
5.	Into the Mirror	27
6.	Boss of Bosses	35
7.	Surgeon 1	49
8.	Studio 54	59
9.	Babania	65
10.	Giuliani at the Waldorf	71
11.	The Businessman Godfather	77
12.	Love and Bullets	89
13.	Mob Courier	99
14.	JFK and the Mafia	109
15.	Godfathers and Presidents	119
16.	Trouble in Paradise	127
17.	The Speed of Sound	135
18.	The Mafia and Hoover's FBI	141
19.	Giuliani vs. Gotti	153
20.	Tough Guys Don't Dance	161
21.	Rico Redux	171
22.	Star Wars	181
23.	Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and Pestilence	191
24.	The Concrete Club	201
25.	The Hit On Scopo	211
26.	"New Godfather Heading Gambino Gang"	219
27.	A Tangled Web	229
28.	An "Interesting" Life	237
29.	The World According to Frankie Valli	245
30.	The Death of Myself	251
31.	A New Beginning	255
	Epilogue	263
	Index	271

Editorial Reviews

"Fantastic! Presents a new perspective in organized crime in the 20th Century." —Library Journal

Library Journal

"A must read fro any interested in mob lore, a raging page turner." -—Publisher's Weekly

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