<p>A pile of decaying pages of colorful language make up a manuscript about mobsters from long ago.  There's no author, but some clues may lead to the writer's identity.</p>

A pile of decaying pages of colorful language make up a manuscript about mobsters from long ago. There's no author, but some clues may lead to the writer's identity.

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