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Article: Local author's latest delves into life of violence.
- Article from:
- Republican & Herald (Pottsville, PA)
- Article date:
- February 3, 2009
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Byline: Leslie Richardson
Feb. 3--Anthony Martino, the main character in "Some Men Need Killing," learned the ways of violence and Italian criminals early in life.
The author, Art Marsicano, Pottsville, draws on a childhood in Hazleton as first-hand experience into what makes the character tick. In his second book, Marsicano gets into the psyche of the Italian-American criminal, and examines the workings of the Mafia and those affected by the premise that justice can only be found with a gun, knife or bomb. "I am an Italian-American and I grew up in the anthracite coal region in which there was a lot of crime," Marsicano said. "I grew up in ...