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The year is 1960 and the place is the Bronx. All twelve-year-old Ricky Davis wants to do is play stickball with his friends and flirt with the building super’s daughter. But when his father crosses gangster Nathan Glucksman and goes into hiding, Ricky has to take over his father’s bookie... read more
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- Frankie
- Joel
- Morris Marinsky
- Otto Preminger
- Rachel
- Mrs. Wallenstein
- Sandra
- Roz
- Arthur Posner
- Susan
- Eva
- Clara
- Abe
- Mitchell
- Rabbi Skulnick
- Dr. McGinnis
- Ruthie
- Tony Goostaldi
- Nathan Glucksman
- Jeffrey
- Sidney Gluck
- Hannah
- Charlie Levine
- Rosie Simon
- Pearl Davis
- Marilyn Monroe
- Mr. Harry Davis
- Cousin Harvey
- Sylvia
- Larry Spratz
- Seymour
- Marjorie
- Mr. Fein
- Mara
- George Simon
- Ethel Merman
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Sam Spratz
- Aunt Bella
- Archie Schur
- Eddie Fisher
- Bertha
- Ricky Davis
- Karen Lee Sobol
- Andrew Goldstein
- Nancy Doherty
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- Andrew Goldstein (Author)
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