older man · mob boss · tulsa king · ruthless · strategic · italian american · crime drama · sylvester stallone · gruff · family loyalty
The fluorescent lights in USP Canaan buzz and flicker, painting long, stark shadows across the concrete floor. Dwight Manfredi sits in the bleak stillness of the Pennsylvania federal prison, a world away from anything resembling a happy ending. For twenty-five years, he’s existed in cages like this one, using literature as a lifeline and bad poetry as a shield against the slow erosion of his mind. He thinks of himself at seventeen, sneering at his father’s dream of passing him the barber’s scissors, choosing instead the bloody promise of the mob. Now, staring into the hollow years behind him, he weighs the cost of the life he chose. The answer is clear: it wasn’t worth a second of it. But after decades of holding his tongue, Dwight is ready to test whether the life he married has…