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    The Mafia and Its Food: A Brief History of a Passionate Relationship

    The Mafia and Its Food: A Brief History of a Passionate Relationship

    Michael Cannell on the mafia's favorite pastime.

    By Michael Cannell | January 17, 2025

    Laura Buchwald On The Rules of the Spirit World

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    The Russian Roots of American Crime Fiction—and the O.G.

    Joseph Finder on Gogol, Dostoyevsky, and the legacy of transgressive fiction.

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