Mob Adjacent: A Family Memoir takes an acid trip down memory lane with brother Jeffrey and Michael Gentile, Jr. as they uncover the surreal truth behind their suburban upbringing. Beneath the normal facade, their lives are anything but normal. Criminals, convicts, and crime bosses come in and out of the lives and home as easily as the milkman and the mailman. The guy who robs the bakery is as trusted as the guy who breaks the bread. Notorious mobsters serve as trusted family friends and honorary uncles. When the Gentiles need something -- from a bail bondsman to an airplane to help manipulating the levers of a corrupt city hall, they always know who to call.
They're not in the mob, but they're near it -- mob Adjacent -- and their world features a Who's Who of Chicago Outfit bosses, capos, and foot soldiers, with cameos by Tony Accardo, Sam Giancana, Frank Sinatra, Leo Durocher, Jackie Gleason, Joan Collins, Liza Minnelli, and Elizabeth Taylor.
