San Diego Reader

A Bad, Bad Boy by Judith Moore

Paperback, 369 pages



Frank Bompensiero: The most feared mobster in Southern California for 30 years

“Killing fellow mobsters was his specialty.” — Crime Magazine

“In the treacherous world of Mafia hit men, few characters proved shiftier than Frank ‘Bomp’ Bompensiero.” — the Mafia Encyclopedia

Bompensiero was the basis for "Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bompensiero" in The Sopranos.



Judith Moore

“I would read anything Judith Moore writes. Fat Girl is a book of painful and ferocious eloquence.” — Poet Laureate of the United States, Robert Hass

“Judith Moore grabs the reader by the collar, and shakes up our notion of life in the fat lane.” — David Sedaris

“There has never been a book like Fat Girl.” — New York Times

“Judith Moore ambushes you on the very first page of this memoir, and in short order has lifted you up and broken your heart….” — Newsweek

“Luckily for us, Judith Moore can’t think about nothing.” — Susan Cheever in the NY Times Book Review

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