"Tony Santangelo is not your average criminal, although the crime of which he was convicted stemmed from common sentiment. He was sentenced for taking part in the gang murder of a black teenager, an atrocity that garnered national attention in 1989, and forever stigmatized the Italian-American neighborhood of Bensonhurst in Brooklyn. Based on events surrounding a real-life national tragedy, Nicholas Montemarano's generous prose opens doors to our collective history. With startling candor, and great art, the author limns the people, the attitudes, and the neighborhood that make such a crime possible, and perhaps even inevitable."--BOOK JACKET.