Harry Fonstein, one of the four main characters in The Bellarosa Connection, is a now-prosperous American-Jewish businessman who was saved from a Fascist prison and smuggled to America by Mafia types acting at the behest of Billy Rose, the famous Jewish showbiz figure ('Damon Runyon's pal') whom he had never met. This is Harry:

LRB 11 January 1990 | PDF Download