This savvy story of a street-wise, fleet-wise, and sleet-wise mug of a kiddo, moves to the beat of its own machine gun drums, bums, palookas, shirkers and berserkers. The Life and Times of Mugsy Malone is a gritty book for the entire family-especially the little ones who can't read yet, but still enjoys a good smoke after polishing off their Gerber's, all the same.Mugsy, he grows up in a flash-brash with a flask, sporting plenty of pizazz! He hits the ground running, with thrills to the marrow. He hits the booze, walking the straight and the narrow. In this narrative of high stakes and low wages, you'll flip through bent-up, pent-up, dog-eared pages of light-hearted gains, heavy-hearted losses, and narrow escapes from underworld bosses. It gots suspense and galoots! Suspenders and zoots! And if you wants wild beasts, it gots plenty of those! And what-you wants adventure? This story's loaded! So now you wants to know, does it got something for the little lady? Well, it gots brawds, dames and floozies, if that's what you mean. So pour yourself a stiff drink and sink into a limp chair, for a fun read of novelette noir run amuck!
