{"product_id":"last-of-the-gladiators-james-larossa-9781610882392","title":"Last of the Gladiators: A Memoir of Love, Redemption, and the Mob by the Son of the Legendary Trial Lawyer Jimmy Larossa","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the 1960s until the turn of the 21st century, New York City was the world's epicenter of organized and white-collar crime. During those four decades, the most feared Mafia chiefs, assassins, defrocked stockbrokers, Orthodox Jewish money-launderers, and Arab bankers sought the counsel of one man: my father, Jimmy La Rossa, a Kennedy-era prosecutor who became the defense lawyer of first resort in the big, important, highly publicized cases for four full action-packed decades. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn January 30, 2009, I snuck my famous and mortally ill father from New York Presbyterian Hospital to a waiting Medevac jet, where we flew in secret to a place few people would look for two die-hard New Yorkers: a town in Southern California aptly named Manhattan Beach. During our five years in exile, we, \"the La Rossa boys\" as we came to be known, made our mark as a most irreverent and unrivaled father\/son duo. While I cooked him his favorite Italian dishes and kept him alive using the most up-to-date equipment and drugs, he recounted his legendary courtroom exploits. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot only is \u003cem\u003eTrue North\u003c\/em\u003e a memoir about some of the seminal legal events of a generation, but it's also a love story between a father and son--a theme not often seen in American arts and letters. Not until I wrote that story, though, did I realize that I had not saved my father. He, in fact, saved me. I became a better man and father thanks to him--a more joyous, grateful, and grounded soul. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJimmy was, and always will be, my \"true north.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Larossa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1610882393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781610882392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bancroft Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"James Larossa","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078505033983,"sku":"9781610882392","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f3ff53eb-c99a-45e5-97ae-49b6874a56b7.jpg?v=1685475901","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/last-of-the-gladiators-james-larossa-9781610882392","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}