Broken Frontier

BROWNSVILLE HC

by Neil Kleid & Jake Allen

Written by Xeric Award winner Neil Kleid. "Jewish gangster" isn't a term you hear much in post-Holocaust society... but back when the Dodgers played in the East and licorice cost a penny a bag, Brooklyn corners were lousy with semitic young toughs looking for adventure and excitement — none more so than in Brownsville. Follow the intertwined lives of Allie Tanennbaum, Abe Reles, and scores of hoods organized by Louis Lepke Buchalter into the deadliest hit operation in Mafia history as they escape the mean streets and lonely tenements of East New York, making themselves into the most dangerous men in America only to eventually send their best friends and closest allies up the river. 

MATURE THEMES
HC, 6x9, 200pgs, B&W
SRP: $18.95
Diamond Order Code: DEC053126

Here's what people are saying about BROWNSVILLE:

"Jewish gangsters are almost unheard of these days. This taut and suspenseful drama takes people to an era that no longer exists. I'm not saying Jews are untainted by crime these days - but at least they're not out knockin' heads like they used to be!" -- Harvey Pekar, writer, AMERICAN SPLENDOR 

"Most of the material you'll find about the 'jewish mafia' is garbage. This book examines a piece of the history of organized crime, and does so with grace, style and power. BROWNSVILLE carries history. Read it." -- Carla Speed McNeil, creator, FINDER