The younger generation, with more of an eye for business, some of them might have different ideas.Īnd thus begins the double-crossing, triple-crossing and.

Unfortunately for Lou, who is under, shall we say, a certain degree of pressure from Joe to deliver the goods, the family Holt don't want to sell.

In terms of staying alive, that is, unless you have a few moves, and I'm not talking of the dancefloor variety.Īzzarello sends the slick and entirely dispensable hoodlum Lou Pirlo, who certainly fancies himself as a John Travolta-style ladies man the way he struts his stuff and coiffeurs his hair, out into the wilds to cut a deal for the hooch on the orders of real life Mafia boss Joe Masseria, a man so feared his nickname was simply 'The Boss'. Well, actually, there's a whole load of other problems too, but the werewolves are kind of the major one. New York gangsters, desperate to get their hands on the good stuff get a line on some top-notch moonshine being distilled by a clan of Hillbillies out in the sticks up in the Appalachian mountains. Azzarello and Risso return with a mash-up so exquisitely flavoured, I suspect they've been supping direct from the mash tub! It's such a simple concept too. It's brought to you by the same team that produced the mesmeric, convoluted crime epic 100 BULLETS.Īt this point if you're not reaching for your wallets, what is wrong with you?! Like 'Boardwalk Empire' meets 'An American Werewolf In London'. 'And while the most immediate bit is to get your legs under you, it's what's missing that's overwhelming. 'It's disorienting, a hole in the memory. 'Being in a spot you have no idea how you got to. 'It ain't easy to describe the feeling of waking up in the unknown.

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