The document summarizes the plot of the story "A Tangled Web", which follows mob boss Joey "the Gimp" Giampietro in 1972 Philadelphia. As Joey's ambition and hatred surfaces, his daughter Anna secretly falls in love with the son of an enemy. When Joey discovers the affair, his carefully crafted life is shattered and he seeks bloody revenge on those who betrayed him. Throughout the story, many characters consider killing Joey to save themselves and their loved ones from his wrath. In the end, everyone's lives are changed as they must reconcile their conflicted situations within the dark world they inhabit.

2. A Tangled Web is a classic story of forbidden love
that is a fast-paced, tempestuous adventure into the
mindsets, traditions and history of an enclave of
people captive to a sub-culture of criminality.
Set in Philadelphia during the Lenten season of
1972, it is not your typical gangster story. Although
the story is driven by an ambitious, self-destructive
and retributive capo in the Vecchio Crime Family of
Philadelphia named Joey “the Gimp” Giampietro, it is
essentially a multilayered story of unfulfilled love –
both personal and maternal.
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3. As the story unfolds, mob boss Joey “the Gimp”
Giampietro’s ambition and long suppressed hatred of
the Teti family surfaces. At the same time his
daughter Anna secretly falls in love with Carmine
Tucci, the son of a former enemy. Her ensuing
attempt to hide this illicit affair from her father fails.
The Gimp’s carefully crafted life is now in
shambles. Betrayed by his daughter and obsessed with
the settling of scores, the Teti’s and some
unsuspecting people now become the targets of the
Gimp’s bloodthirsty lust for revenge. To survive his
wrath all must reconcile their conflicted lives within
the dark labyrinths of their individual souls.
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4. Throughout this tale many of these people have good reasons to kill this
rogue Mafioso. Surprisingly, one of them is his wife, Marie. Realizing her
daughter is destined for a tortured loveless life like her own, she chooses to kill
The Gimp to save her daughter and ultimately herself.
Like Marie, everyone who crosses the Gimp’s path is forced to make a
choice on how to resolve their conflicted lives. Some find sorrow and pain.
Others find hope and love. A few find tragic death. In the end everyone’s
consciousness changes. Only the lucky ones get another chance.
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