There are gangster stories and there are stories of gangs: this book is one of the above Ð sort of. This is the story of The SpoonÕs gang, a feisty Irish gangstress, an Italian gang with some very bad names, the two Russians, three Chinamen and the ugliest goat mascot possible. ItÕs a confession, a love story and the tale of the first gang war to be started by an animal.