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Brutal : The Untold Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger's Irish Mob by...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Novel
- Era
- 2000s
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Personalized
- No
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Inscribed
- No
- Intended Audience
- Adults, Young Adults
- Edition
- First Edition
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9780061122699
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0061122696
ISBN-13
9780061122699
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26069199096
Product Key Features
Book Title
Brutal : the Untold Story of My Life inside Whitey Bulger's Irish Mob
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Organized Crime, Criminals & Outlaws, Criminology, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2006
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
20.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-283128
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Weeks lands a knockout punch with this compelling look at one of the most intriguing figures in the American underworld., A dazzling story...Brutal is the most revealing and chilling true crime story that I have ever read., …most interesting and accurate. When Weeks talks about Bulger, he's got the goods and he makes clear the others don't., Rarely have the nuts-and-bolts of 'the gangster life' been laid bare in such shocking, unvarnished detail., Mesmerizing and fascinating ... no organized crime fiction I have read has anything on this book. I couldn't put it down., .most interesting and accurate. When Weeks talks about Bulger, he's got the goods and he makes clear the others don't.
Dewey Decimal
364.1092 B
Synopsis
I grew up in the Old Colony housing project in South Boston, a tough, working class, mostly Irish neighborhood. I went from being a Golden Gloves boxer to a bouncer in a popular Southie bar called Triple O's. I got into many fights, knocked out a lot of people, and got noticed by one person in particular. People paid him a great deal of respect, came to him with their problems. Sure, I knew who he was. I'd heard stories. He was tough. He could be vicious. He ran the rackets in Southie. His name was James "Whitey" Bulger, although I always called him Jimmy. In 1982 I went with Jimmy full time. We became partners, running legitimate businesses and some not-so-legitimate businesses. Basically, we were gangsters. We took what we wanted. We shook down drug dealers, bookmakers, like that. What were they gonna do -- go to the police? We beat people up; shot and stabbed them. And we made people disappear -- permanently. We were smart -- experts at avoiding microphones and cameras. We made millions through extortion and loan sharking and protection. And if someone ratted us out, we killed him. We were not nice guys. I was there when Jimmy went on the lam in 1994 and I was his contact after he'd left Boston for good. With Jimmy gone, I ran things. Shortly before my own arrest in 1999, I found out that Jimmy had been an FBI informant even before I entered the scene. My life was never the same. When the feds finally got me, I found myself faced with something Jimmy would have killed me for -- cooperating with the authorities. Do I have any regrets? Nah, not really -- only that I should have spent more time with my wife and sons. But I've got a second chance now, and I gotta tell what happened -- what really happened. It's a lot different from what you read in the newspapers. I was brutally honest on the witness stand, and this book is brutally honest, too -- the brutal truth that was never before told. How could it? Only three people could tell the true story. With one on the run and one in jail for life, it falls on me., Offering the real inside scoop, Whitey Bulger's #2 man in Boston's Irish mob tells where the bodies are buried.
LC Classification Number
HV6452.M4
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- n***a (1106)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseVery nice book. In really good condition. A+ transaction.
- r***7 (350)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGood Seller!
- u***e (1907)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchasePerfect transaction