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Il Dottore.


Il Dottore

Ron Felber

Barricade Books, Inc.

185 Bridge Plaza North, Suite 308-A, Fort Lee, NJ 07024

1569802785 $24.95 1-800-592-6657 www.barricadebooks.com

Il Dottore: The Double Life Of A Mafia Doctor by author and biographyer Ron Felber is the startlingly star·tle  
v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles

v.tr.
1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start.

2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten.
 true story of a physician at Mount Sinai Hospital Mount Sinai Hospital can refer to:
  • Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)
  • Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
  • Mount Sinai Medical Center & Miami Heart Institute
  • Mount Sinai Hospital, Cleveland
  • Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago
  • Mount Sinai Hospital, Milwaukee
 who provided health care services for Mafia kingpins including John Gotti and Joseph Bonanno. By day, he pursued a flourishing career as a respected cardiac surgeon; by night, he was a gambling and sex addict, drawn ever deeper into the high-stakes world of organized crime. His double life came to a head-on conflict in the mid 1980's when the government's star witness, Ralph Scopo, lay on the operating table. Directed by John Gotti to "make sure that only one of you comes out of the operating room operating room
n. Abbr. OR
A room equipped for performing surgical operations.
 breathing" on one hand, yet threatened with ruin by mayor Giuliani on the other, he had to make the choice of a lifetime between loyalty to La Cosa Nostra and adherence to the Hippocratic Oath Hippocratic oath

ethical code of medicine. [Western Culture: EB, 11: 827]

See : Medicine
. An exciting and suspenseful true story, more enthralling en·thrall  
tr.v. en·thralled, en·thrall·ing, en·thralls
1. To hold spellbound; captivate: The magic show enthralled the audience.

2. To enslave.
 than fiction.
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