Vincent Terra, whose story was told in this book was born and raised in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn, New York, known as the " bedroom of the Mafia." Born there in the late 1940's and living there throughout most of his life, under the ominous shadows of "do the right thing," finds himself in a life long struggle of balancing the scales of right and wrong, against life's "dog and pony show," of "do as I say, not as I do!" With the added burden of being blinded by his addictions to life's realities.