Publisher's Synopsis
With the same intensity and eye for detail that he puts into all his work, Kubert recreates a time when even the most innocent peson was caught up in the dark underbelly of society. The rough days of 1930s New York City were full of organized criminals dragging other down to their level. With his father's words, "Don't be a jew gangster" still ringing in his ears, Ruby finds himself doing just that, as no other path in life opens for him. Easy money and easier women lure him into doing the dirty work of the local gang; it's not a pretty life, but he can eat well, an dhis mother's apartment continues to get heat all winter long. But what he has to pay-in flesh, in pride, in honor-may not be worth all he earns.
