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See No Evil
See No Evil: The true story of a mafia doctor's double life | Ron Felber
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See No Evil is based on the life story of a Jewish kid from the Bronx who, through his childhood defence of a bullied young boy, became a trusted friend and, later, physician to New York mafia dons, while simultaneously securing and maintaining a career as a high-flying surgeon at home among the city's chattering classes. The doctor was forced to lead a double life: a well-respected surgeon and socialite by day and hard-living mafia doctor by night. He was welcomed into a seductive underworld by his mafia connections: clubs, drugs, high-stakes gambling and, of course, beautiful women. Yet somehow he continued to pursue his profession seriously and, in time, became one of the nation's leading cardiac surgeons. Eventually, the high life came crashing down when the heads of the five mob families were prosecuted by then Attorney General Rudy Giuliani. The doctor's life and career hinged on the fate of Ralph Scopo, a man lying on his operating table awaiting heart bypass surgery. In one ear was John Gotti: 'When it's over, make sure that only one of you comes out breathing.' In the other, Giuliani and his men threatened to ruin the doctor's career if their star witness were to die. Torn between an unspoken loyalty to La Cosa Nostra and devotion to the Hippocratic Oath, the doctor had to make a decision that would indelibly mark the rest of his life.
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Maybe we all need to start a new religion, organize a reservation of bibliophiles who worship books, and we will all just go into seclusion there to worship for the next 4-8 years at the alter of literacy?

Seriously though, this coverage is driving me crazy.

BookishFeminist Can we move to a deserted island? 😆 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BookishFeminist It should be in one of the swing states....I truly think this reservation needs to be in a swing state and move a bunch of us there for in 4 years. 7y
BooksForEmpathy I feel so sick about this. 7y
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britt_brooke Litsy Island? Isle of Litsy? Littenville? 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BookishFeminist However, if anyone has a deserted island handy that they are willing to donate to the cause, I'm in! 7y
BookishFeminist @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I offer up Virginia. We have cool mountains. And we just went blue. 🇺🇸💙 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @britt_brooke Atlittian? Atlitsian? (some combo of Atlantis and Litsy) 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BookishFeminist You have Blue Mountains too which are gorgeous! 7y
britt_brooke @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Atlitsian sounds perfect. 👍🏻😁 7y
BookishFeminist @Riveted_Reader_Melissa They sure are! And they don't have too many people! 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BookishFeminist So our population could pull their area more blue AND give us some peace & quiet! 7y
queerbookreader I vote one of those little islands at the border of Washington and Canada. Whales and grey weather for reading. Let's make that our Paradise Island okay 7y
LeahBergen @lemonlime799 The dismal weather will contribute to all sorts of reading. 😂 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @lemonlime799 that sounds very nice to me! 7y
Hooked_on_books I'm in. Just point me to the Isle of Litsy and I'll be there shortly. With my books. 7y
pppooraikul You got me. I'm converted to this religion already. I'll follow you anywhere (bringing my books with me, of course). 😂📚 7y
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mafia doctors double life... interesting...