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Tokyo underworld the fast times and hard life of an American gangster in Japan

In 1945, as part of the Occupation forces sent to postwar Japan Nick Zappetti, a native of Italian East Harlem, entered a world as strange as any he had ever know, In postwar Tokyo, however, he realised there were certain opportunities. He had a failed stint as a professional wrestler, and participated in a fumbled (but famous) diamond heist. He was deported but managed to return with the assistance of the Mafia. Then Nick opened a pizza joint in what would be the centre of Tokyo's nightlife and became "the king of Roppongi and Mafia boss of Tokyo," and the intimate of some of Japan's most n.

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  • "In 1945, as part of the Occupation forces sent to postwar Japan Nick Zappetti, a native of Italian East Harlem, entered a world as strange as any he had ever know, In postwar Tokyo, however, he realised there were certain opportunities. He had a failed stint as a professional wrestler, and participated in a fumbled (but famous) diamond heist. He was deported but managed to return with the assistance of the Mafia. Then Nick opened a pizza joint in what would be the centre of Tokyo's nightlife and became "the king of Roppongi and Mafia boss of Tokyo," and the intimate of some of Japan's most n."@en
  • "In 1945, as part of the Occupation forces sent to postwar Japan, New Yorker Nick Zappetti entered a world as strange as any he had ever known. In postwar Tokyo, however, he realised there were certain opportunities. With the assistance of the Mafia, he opened a pizza joint and became "the king of Roppongi and Mafia boss of Tokyo," and the intimate of some of Japan's most notorious underworld figures as well as many of its political and business leaders. Following Zappetti's rising and falling fortunes, Robert Whiting show us the sinister (and sometimes ridiculous) goings-on among Tokyo's criminal gangs as they developed from local racketeers and gamblers into lynchpins of international finance, politics and corruption."@en
  • "In 1945, as part of the Occupation forces sent to postwar Japan, New Yorker Nick Zappetti entered a world as strange as any he had ever known. In postwar Tokyo, however, he realised there were certain opportunities. With the assistance of the Mafia, he opened a pizza joint and became "the king of Roppongi and Mafia boss of Tokyo," and the intimate of some of Japan's most notorious underworld figures as well as many of its political and business leaders. Following Zappetti's rising and falling fortunes, Robert Whiting show us the sinister (and sometimes ridiculous) goings-on among Tokyo's criminal gangs as they developed from local racketeers and gamblers into lynchpins of international finance, politics and corruption."
  • "Through the eyes of Nick Zappetti, a former GI, former black marketer, failed professional wrestler, bungling diamond thief who turned himself into "the Mafia boss of Tokyo and the king of Rappongi," we meet the players and the losers in the high-stakes game of postwar finance, politics, and criminal corruption in which he thrived. Here's the story of the Imperial Hotel diamond robbers, who attempted (and may have accomplished) the biggest heist in Tokyo's history. Here is Rikidozan, the professional wrestler who almost single-handedly revived Japanese pride, but whose own ethnicity had to be kept secret. And here is the story of the intimate relationships shared by Japan's ruling party, its financial combines, its ruthless criminal gangs, the CIA, American Big Business, and perhaps at least one presidential relative. Here is the underside of postwar Japan, which is only now coming to light.--From publisher description."
  • "Through the eyes of Nick Zappetti, a former GI, former black marketer, failed professional wrestler, bungling diamond thief who turned himself into "the Mafia boss of Tokyo and the king of Rappongi," we meet the players and the losers in the high-stakes game of postwar finance, politics, and criminal corruption in which he thrived. Here's the story of the Imperial Hotel diamond robbers, who attempted (and may have accomplished) the biggest heist in Tokyo's history. Here is Rikidozan, the professional wrestler who almost single-handedly revived Japanese pride, but whose own ethnicity had to be kept secret. And here is the story of the intimate relationships shared by Japan's ruling party, its financial combines, its ruthless criminal gangs, the CIA, American Big Business, and perhaps at least one presidential relative. Here is the underside of postwar Japan, which is only now coming to light.--From publisher description."@en

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  • "Tōkyō andā wārudo"
  • "Thé̂ giới ngà̂m ở Tokyo"
  • "Tokyo underworld the fast times and hard life of an American gangster in Japan"
  • "Tokyo underworld the fast times and hard life of an American gangster in Japan"@en
  • "東京アンダーワールド"
  • "Tokyo underworld : the fast times and hard life of an American gangster in Japan"
  • "Tokyo underworld : the fast times and hard life of an American gangster in Japan"@en
  • "Tokyo underworld"@en
  • "Tokyo underworld"
  • "Tōkyō andāwārudo"
  • "Tōkyō andāwārudo"@ja
  • "Tokyo Underworld the Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan"@en
  • "Tokyo Underworld : The fast times and hard life of an American Gangster in Japan"@en

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