Once Upon a HillOnce Upon a Hill

A mafioso, mafia member, pledges to an oath of secrecy (omerta) as to divulging his identity to the public. Violation of omerta can have serious consequences. No one in public or otherwise volunteers to talk about Mafia matters, but the author was able to decipher a story from normal everyday conversations with the two main characters in the book as well as with many of their friends. This is a heart-wrenching story of a mafioso who turned his life around. Trials and tribulations of a mafioso are being narrated from childhood. Historical facts, dates and names are cited in the book in order to establish a background for the characters introduced in the story. The book may be categorized as a historical fiction. It combines a sentimental story with tales of corruption in Boston politics, Whitey Bulger, the background of the mafia's arrival in the USA and its integration with the general public, intimate details of the lives of two Italian immigrant buddies - one of whom turns to academia and the other to crime... and eye-opening historical facts that should entice readers to want to flip from page to page. The story is true but a few names are fictional, for obvious reasons....