Follow an ordinary family's extraordinary adventure at the intersection of Hoodlum and Gangster.

Find out what happens when "The Wonder Years" collides with "The Sopranos"

Mob Adjacent: A Family Memoir takes an acid trip down memory lane as brothers Jeffrey and Michael Gentile, Jr. discover a parallel world hidden behind a suburban façade. In their world, notorious mobsters come to dinner, contract hits come with warning notices, and thieves deliver merchandise and people. How does something like that happen to an ordinary family?
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Blame it on the company they keep. Friends and acquaintances include legendary crime boss Sam Giancana, Jackie Cerone; and an assortment of hoodlums, gangsters, bone-breakers, and second-story guys, with cameo appearances by Tony Accardo, Frank Sinatra, Leo Durocher, Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Joan Collins, Liza Minnelli, and Elizabeth Taylor. For the Gentile brothers, life at the intersection of Hoodlum and Gangster yields dividends and teaches lessons. This is their story.

Everybody is talking about Mob Adjacent: A Family Memoir.

​"I cannot recommend [Mob Adjacent] more if you're interested in the history of the Chicago Outfit in Chicago." -- John Records Landecker, WGN Radio 720, October 26, 202
"A fascinating book…a fascinating read. Mob Adjacent will open your eyes. The stories are true and genuine and heartfelt, and there’s a real honesty in this book.” -- Rick Kogan, “After Hours,” WGN Radio 720, March 25, 2018

"This is my kind of Chicago story. You cannot put it down. You want a Netflix series, this is it.” -- Roe Conn, WGN Radio 720, April 30, 2018
“I love this book. A fascinating account. You’ve got to read this book before the movie.” -- John Kass, The Chicago Way, WGN Radio, May 14, 2018
"Normally we can experience organized crime from a safe distance, from the page or screen – for the Gentile brothers, the action was right before their childhood eyes.” -- Larry Potash, WGN TV 9, November 18, 2018
​Our 10-webisode documentary takes viewers to the intersection of Hoodlum & Gangster. 
Meet the men who changed the course of 20th Century history. 
The Chicago Outfit was more than a crime family; it was a crime empire whose power and reach sometimes exceeded the United States government. Watch the story of the men who truly organized crime in America. But for us, they were the nice men who brought fat envelopes to weddings, graduations, and funerals. Their story is adjacent to our story.