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.
