'Hollywood was never more glamorous, and the Mafia never more bloodthirsty' Mail on Sunday 'Charts a century of history and influence and points out the curious similarities between the hoods and the suits ... there's plenty here for the initiated and uninitiated alike ... An offer you can't refuse' Total Film 'Great vigour and clarity ... an account of a love-affair between two irredeemably corrupted figures, each of whom deserved the other and from whose clutches neither could extricate themselves' Sunday Telegraph 'A fresh perspective, original research and telling detail ... The co-dependency of Hollywood and its hoodlums and their mutual influence provokes Adler's best writing ... His portraits of Hollywood gangsters are as spare and ruthless as his characterisations of studio bosses ... gripping' Independent