“People thought we were taking ourselves seriously, but we knew every one of those gangsters, if they saw their name, would buy or steal 10 copies, and as a result, it paid for the print run.”

John Silvester · Law The Podcast · John Silvester: Sly of the Underworld

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Included a list of 101 gangsters with detailed references in the back of the book, anticipating each gangster would buy or steal 10 copies to cover the print run

10 copies per gangster

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