"Casino Moon" by Peter Blauner is about a man in Atlantic City named Anthony. He was raised by his stepdad, Vin, who is in the mob. Anthony has fought his whole life *not* to become a gangster, and he's drowning. He owes all kinds of money, and can't seem to get ahead to save his life. Anthony thinks he's found a way out of his mess when he comes across a former prizefighter named Elijah who is looking to make a comeback. Anthony decides to become his manager, and borrows more money to help Elijah get a fight that will propel him back into the spotlight. He ends up in all kinds of trouble with Teddy, his dad's boss, over the deal and things go south very quickly. It was painful to watch Anthony make bad decision after bad decision, with the best of intentions, and nothing working out for him.
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