Genius Against the Odds

A New Gritty Mob Story With a Twist After twenty-five years in a state mental institution, can Mario adjust to life as part of an organized crime family? Born with a disfigured face, Mario also suffers from tremors and panic attacks. Fate has handed him a raw deal. Gang members harass Mario with pranks and ridicule. They coax him into games of chance, miscalculating his capability and expecting to win away his meager earnings. Despite Mario's disabilities, the kingpin, Carmine, gives him work as a janitor and unexpectedly discovers ways to make big money from Mario's intuitive ability to pick winners. With the odds stacked against him, will there be a way for Mario to overcome how people perceive him? What triggers Mario to take on extraordinary challenges? Finally, is he too ugly to acquire respect, the love of a beautiful lady and the admiration of the gang's crew? Read "Genius Against the Odds" for an inside view and a remarkable account of how a misfit disabled person exceeds his expected potential within the perimeters of a mob family. The author Malcomb Q Riddle recently launched this riveting story as an exciting ebook and a two-hundred-page paperback edition.