Congratulations to NIAF Member Russell Shorto for his new book Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob. This family memoir is about Shorto’s mobster grandfather’s rise to power in postwar Johnstown, Pa. Smalltime draws an intimate portrait of a mobster and his wife, sudden riches, and the toll a lawless life takes on one family.

Through research and the help of Shorto’s father, Tony, the book becomes an urgent and intimate exploration of three generations of the American immigrant experience. Smalltime is an irresistible memoir by a masterful writer of historical narrative. Available on February 2. Visit: https://www.russellshorto.com/.