The Last Boss of Brighton: "Boris ""Biba"" Nayfeld and the Rise of the Russian Mob in America"

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Douglas Century

The Last Boss of Brighton

"Boris ""Biba"" Nayfeld and the Rise of the Russian Mob in America"

Douglas Century

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HARPER360
11 July 2022

Biography; Biography: general; True crime

Bestselling author Douglas Century reveals the untold story of the epic rise and fall of Boris Nayfeld, also known as Biba, one of the most notorious Russian mob bosses of our era.

Boris Nayfeld, a.k.a. “Biba,” is the last living boss of the old-school Russian mob in America, and he’s survived to tell it all. Filled with sex, drugs, and murder, Biba’s story is a mind-boggling journey that took him from petty street crime in the USSR to billion-dollar embezzlement in America.

Born in Soviet-era Belarus, abandoned by his parents in infancy, Biba’s brutal upbringing left him hungry for more—more power, control, and money. Taking advantage of the rampant corruption in the Soviet Union, Biba’s teenage hooliganism quickly turned into bolder “black cash” rackets, making him, by Soviet standards, a very rich young man. When authorities took notice and threatened him with “the supreme measure”— execution by firing squad—he managed to get out of the USSR just in time.

Within months of landing in America, his intimidating presence and street smarts quickly made him legendary in the Soviet émigré community of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, and launched him to the top of New York’s Russian Jewish mob, one of the world’s most inventive, powerful and violent criminal organizations. After decades as a globe-trotting boss, and three stints in U.S. federal prisons he remains unbroken and unrepentant, even as his entire life has unraveled around him.

Now seventy-four years old, Biba is a lion in winter. Douglas Century vividly brings the notorious gangster to life in these pages, telling not only his epic journey but also the history of the Russian mob in America.

By: Douglas Century
Imprint: HARPER360
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9780063277229
ISBN 10: 0063277220
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 11 July 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Douglas Century recently collaborated on two New York Times Bestsellers: William Queen's Under and Alone and, with Rick Cowan, Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire (a finalist for the 2003 Edgar Award in Best Fact Crime).