With themes such as drug trafficking, murder, and prostitution, McMafia was greeted with excitement from the SCORPS. Each member purchased his $30 hard-cover copy with high hopes of an inside look at the globalization of organized crime. What we found, was an R rated Social Studies text book. Quickly realizing that we had made a mistake - and that no one would actually make is past page fifteen - we did the right thing and scheduled an immediate gathering at the local greyhound racing track.
Although none of us learned about smuggling cigarettes in the Balkans, we each witnessed firsthand how to hit the quinella in a four dog box. The highlight of the night was the fat dude standing next to us (Oakley windbreaker, Asics wrestling shoes) who claimed to have "inside info" on every race, but chose wrong every f'n time.
Lesson learned. Never choose a book by its name. Getting through a chapter of McMafia requires complete silence, a highlighter, and 20 milligrams of Ritalin.