Reading Franzese'so book, I'm not sure it's correct to say his father "put' him in the life.

His father was a top enforcer, a HITTER, an extortionist type.


Franzese's talent was that he got crooked businessmen to do business with him. Forget the gas tax scam. Look at the container repair company he made when his father was locked up. 40-50k a month I think. Car dealerships, Union work, organizing sweetheart deals. Maybe he got some of his entertainment clout from his Dad, I know Sonny was into porn.

Even his sports agency seemed like a smart idea...

MONEY, put Franzese in the life, also, I thought he had his own crew? At one point in the book, he and his father were both capis, I think...