Outfoxed

by Jennifer Cipri

OUTFOXED A novel based on the life of Mickey the 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.

301 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2017

About the author

I am a writer, but above all I am a lover of literature. (Sometimes I find books in my refrigerator!) I don't want to read what is most popular. I want to read what makes me light up inside. This is also the philosophy I adhere to as I write. I can only write what "is light." Sometimes I wish I could be that "Fifty Shades" girl but it's just not ME!