Outfoxed

By Jennifer Cipri

OUTFOXEDA novel based on the life of Mickey the Fox: Drag Racer, Safe Robber, Bookie, Con Artist, Thief.Mickey "The Fox" Dell'Uomo steps into a confession booth seeking forgiveness for the sins of his youth. The first question the priest, Father Paul, asks is, "Have you killed someone?" What ensues is a month long confession where Mickey revisits his innocent days growing up in an Italian-American community. But mostly he reckons with his darkest crimes while working as a "knockaround" street thug for the Gambino crime family. Father Paul, content as a Catholic, is secretly a Gnostic. He is heartbroken over the destruction of the City of Palmyra and Mickey's candid confession compels him to revisit his own past, especially a life-changing night he spent in the secret archives of Palmyra before those archives were looted and destroyed.Together these two very different men create a dialogue about family, God and love that transcends religion and points to a salvation that is quietly, yet violently, being erased from history and the collective consciousness of the ever-distracted West. The story of a small town bookie who rises through the ranks of a mafia dynasty. A cautionary tale of how the quest for worldly power comes at the cost of truth and innocence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1549537008
• ISBN13: 9781549537004
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.7" x 5.3"