Black Mass: The Irish Mob, the Boston FBI, and a Devil's Deal - Couverture rigide

Lehr, Dick; O'Neill, Gerard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1891620401 ISBN 13 : 9781891620409

Editeur : PublicAffairs, 2000

Synopsis

Book by Lehr Dick ONeill Gerard

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Revue de presse :

"A jaw-dropping, true-life tale of how two thugs corrupted the FBI." --Baltimore Sun

"Black Mass should prompt a reevaluation of the uses and misuses of informers by law-enforcement officials throughout the country." --Alan Dershowitz, New York Times Book Review

"Black Mass succeeds admirably in showing just how fragile FBI integrity can be when the good guys lose sight of the truth, the rules, and the law." --Washington Post Book World

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: PublicAffairs
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1891620401
• ISBN 13: 9781891620409
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400