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Experience South Boston during Whitey Bulger's reign of terror. Under Mob control, brutal street justice ruled. Whichever side of the fence you chose, life was intense!
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    Tom Cirignano's memoir offers a unique perspective of
 South Boston history
 as it was vividly and brutally created. 
At his auto repair shop in the heart of Southie, Tom experienced first hand, the infamous and violent decades
 ruled by the iron fist of
 mobster Whitey Bulger.

               

             The Constant Outsider:

          Memoirs of a South Boston Mechanic. 

Growing up in Dorchester presented real challenges, but once the author took over the family's auto repair shop in South Boston, life became intense.


67 Cents: Creation of a  Killer

   Tom's second book is a fictional adaptation of his memoir.   

Within 67 Cents,"Nick" embarks on a radically different path than the one Tom took in real life. 

Nick says "Yes" to each and every illicit offer that was made to Tom by the Mob while running his Southie shop. With those few altered choices, things change dramatically!

      "I've always wondered what my life would have been like if I had become one of  them. 

      In "67 Cents: Creation of a Killer," I find out. "Nick's" life spirals out of control!" - Tom        


Jordan Rich, of  WBZ - Boston, says: "If it's insight you want, into what the crime scene in Southie was really all about, look no further than 67 Cents: Creation of a Killer. Tom Cirignano was an eyewitness to it all and captures the flavor of the city in this crisp, fast-paced novel!"

                                                                                                                            

                                                                                  

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Mobsters, enforcers, drug dealers, and killers became his friends and clients. Each minute was unpredictable in Southie. 

This was the era of unbridled illegal activity, courtesy of Whitey Bulger's gang. Tom had to walk a fine line between good and evil, just to co-exist.

His was a life lived on the edge.

  

 

Within the area of view from the office door shown, a man was shot several times while at the pumps. A boy was beaten unconscious, and then kicked full-force in the face. A black man was brutally attacked by a gang of youths wielding hockey sticks. Whitey Bulger threatened Tom with a gun. Farther down E. Third Street, Whitey was killing people and burying them in the cellar of a house. The author confronted another would-be killer who parked at his pumps. That man later returned and shot Tom's friend eleven times. On the lighter side, as a gesture of good will, a local drug dealer often tossed samples from his car window while driving by.

"There was never a dull moment in 'Southie' during the 1970s and '80s."

    Read about all about these incidents, and much more, in The Constant Outsider: Memoirs of a South Boston Mechanic.