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

Following those intense years, Thomas Cirignano compiled his notes and memories to create his first book, titled, The Constant Outsider, Memoirs of a South Boston Mechanic. His experiences were anything but typical or ordinary, surreal by most people's standards.

His second book is a fictional version of the first. Within 67 Cents: Creation of a Killer Tom takes a different path than he did in real life, saying "Yes" to each and every offer that was made to him by the Mob. "I've always wondered what my life would have been like if I had become one of them."

Tom

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 East 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 while driving by.

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

You will read about all about these incidents, and much more.

Welcome to The Constant Outsider.com

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!

His was a life lived on the edge.

Following those intense years, Thomas Cirignano compiled his notes and memories to create his first book, titled, The Constant Outsider, Memoirs of a South Boston Mechanic. His experiences were anything but typical or ordinary, surreal by most people's standards.

His second book is a fictional version of the first. Within 67 Cents: Creation of a Killer Tom takes a different path than he did in real life, saying "Yes" to each and every offer that was made to him by the Mob. "I've always wondered what my life would have been like if I had become one of them."

Tom