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Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob
by Dick Lehr
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ISBN: 0060959258 Subtitle: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob Author: Lehr, Dick Author: O'Neill, Gerard Publisher: Perennial (HarperCollins) Subject: Organized crime Subject: Irish americans Subject: Murder Subject: South Boston Subject: Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement Subject: Criminology Subject: Murder - General Edition Number: 1st Perennial ed. Edition Description: Includes bibliographical references and index. Series Volume: no. 12 Publication Date: c2001 Binding: Paperback Language: English Illustrations: Yes Pages: xx, 389 p. Dimensions: 801x538x94 68
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
John Connoly and James "Whitey" Bulger grew up together on the streets of South Boston. Decades later, in the mid 1970's, they would meet again. By then, Connolly was a major figure in the FBI's Boston office and Whitey had become godfather of the Irish Mob. What happened next â a dirty deal to being down the Italian mob in exchange for protection for Bulger â would spiral out of control, leading to murders, drug dealing, racketeering indictments, and, ultimately, the biggest informant scandal in the history of the FBI.
Compellingly told by two Boston Globe reporters who were on the case from the beginning, Black Mass is at once a riveting crime story, a cautionary tale about the abuse of power, and a penetrating look at Boston and its Irish population.
Review:
"A triumph of investigative reporting."(-- Publishers Weekly)
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"...[A] jaw-dropping, true-life tale of how two thugs corrupted the FBI."(-- The Baltimore Sun)
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"Black Mass should prompt a re-evaluation of the uses and misuses of informers by law enforcement officials throughout the country."(-- Alan Dershowitz, The New York Times Book Review)
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"...A heartbreaking...story of corruption and crime...a work of rare lucidity, high drama, journalistic integrity, and plain courage."(--James Carroll, author of An American Requiem and Boston Globe columnist )
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"[Shows] how fragile FBI integrity can be when the good guys lose sight of truth, the rules, and the law."(-- The Washington Post Book World)
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"An eye-opening true-crimer..."(-- Kirkus Reviews)
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"[Lehr and O'Neill] vividly capture the turbulent culture and conflicting loyalties of the Boston underworld." (-- Library Journal)
About the Author:
Dick Lehr joined the Boston Globe in 1986. Lehr has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist and has won the Hancock and Loeb awards, among others.He is the co-author of The Underboss: The Rise and Fall of a Mafia Family and Black Mass.Black Mass won the MWA's 2000 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime.
Synopsis:
John Connoly and James "Whitey" Bulger grew up together on the streets of South Boston. Decades later, in the mid 1970's, they would meet again. By then, Connolly was a major figure in the FBI's Boston office and Whitey had become godfather of the Irish Mob. What happened next -- a dirty deal to being down the Italian mob in exchange for protection for Bulger -- would spiral out of control, leading to murders, drug dealing, racketeering indictments, and, ultimately, the biggest informant scandal in the history of the FBI.
Compellingly told by two Boston Globe reporters who were on the case from the beginning, Black Mass is at once a riveting crime story, a cautionary tale about the abuse of power, and a penetrating look at Boston and its Irish population.
Synopsis:
Rivetingly told by the "Boston Globe" reporters who broke the original story, this is the dramatic account of John Connolly and James "Whitey" Bulger, two childhood friends who conspired to bring down Boston's Italian mob and triggered the worst informant scandal in FBI history. This paperback edition includes a new Epilogue. 8-page photo insert.
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