Soldier for the Mafia

Soldier for the Mafia, Will Johnson's fascinating and shocking fictionalized memoir, exposes his secret life as a soldier for the Mastrolio Crime Family of East Boston. But Johnson was no ordinary soldier. As the grandson of Italian mobster Nick Mastrolio, Johnson was groomed as the Prince of the Family. His life story weaves through Boston, Hollywood, Las Vegas, and Aruba, mixing everyday gangster business--chauffeuring VIPs, trafficking drugs, placing bets, and delivering messages--with the lives of the rich, the powerful, and the dangerous--dinner with Frank Sinatra, romantic escapades of Natalie Wood, secret business dealings of J. Edgar Hoover, the forbidden knowledge held by Howard Hughs, and collaboration and competition with gangsters like Vito Genovese and Al Capone. Johnson's story reveals his own doubts, paranoia, and loneliness as he grew to inherit his Family's power and the joy he found as he at last turned his back on it all.