LEFT FOR DEAD

by Sal Greco

At the age of ten, Joe Bellante sees a bookie's dining room table stacked with cash. He scans the bills and points to the bookie and says to his dad, “I want to do what he does.”At age twenty Joe is a full-fledged member of organized crime in Pittsburgh. His job description, in his own words, “I do things to people.” At age thirty-two Joe lies in a hospital bed fighting for his life after taking gunshots to the face from a fellow mobster and being left for dead.First time author Sal Greco offers a rare glimpse of life in the mob as it really exists, not the glamorous view from the top but a grittier view from the underbelly.Based on true events, Left for Dead captures the sometimes funny, sometimes tragic but always real moments of one man’s journey from rebellion to ruin and revenge to redemption

336 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 5, 2012