That's nonsense, Fleming. I don't doubt you, and I've never read the book, either. But there were Bronx guys a lot more physically intimidating than Zef. It was his reputation with a baseball bat that kept Frankie's shy book up to date
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I don't know PB. I just thought it was interesting, I recognized Mustafa's name from the book. It is a really good book, it tells about how he recorded his making ceremony, and how there was a problem with the NY familes over one of the other guys who was made, and all the guys made almost got killed because of that. Mob guys don't often seem to admit to being afraid of anyone, so I thought it was a big deal that he admitted to being scared of this Zef guy.
Don't take me wrong, Fleming. I grew up with Zef. His reputation was fearsome. But not in the same way as a guy who would beat you into a coma with his bare hands.
Let's just say that Zef wasn't shy with a baseball bat. Does that make him
less fearsome? No. Does it make him a
different kind of fearsome? Yes.
And at the end of the day, does it really matter? The guy had no qualms about putting a guy to sleep, so what's the difference?
