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- Publisher: Harpercollins
- ISBN: 0060959258
- WAPI (Tower ID): 101717332
- Release Date: June 1, 2001
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #67102 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #137 in True Crime (See Top 100 True Crime Bestsellers)
- #43 in Murder - General (See Top 100 Murder - General Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Black Mass" by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Black Mass"Browse more products related to "Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill"Review"An eye-opening true-crimer that recounts a cooperative arrangement in which two Boston mobsters, in exchange for acting as informants for an FBI agent and his supervisor, were permitted to take over most of Boston's organized crime....With enough unanswered questions for two sequels, the authors offer a pile of evidence that (in South Boston at least) politics is all too local." "BLACK MASS is a revealing account of the use and misuse of two particularly notorious informers by the Boston office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Written by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill, the two Boston Globe reporters who broke the story, it is at once a uniquely Boston tale about Italian-Irish rivalries in organized crime, law enforcement and politics, and a parable of what happens when law enforcement officers get too close to their informers. It is a story that the F.B.I. almost succeeded in suppressing. But thanks to a self-serving leak by one of the agents designed to get his informer killed and a courageous federal judge who held hearings on the sordid relationship between a group of Boston F.B.I. agents and their star informers, the public has gained vicarious access to the secret world of agents and their sources." ExcerptThe ship-building city of Quincy, bordering Boston to the south, was a perfect location for the kind of meeting the agent had in mind. The roadway along the beach, Quincy Shore Drive, ran right into the Southeast Expressway. Heading north, any of the expressway's next few exits led smack into South Boston, the neighborhood where Connolly and his "contact" had both grown up. Using these roads, the drive to and from Southie took just a few minutes. But convenience alone was not the main reason the location made a lot of sense. Most of all, neither Connolly nor the man he was scheduled to meet wanted to be spotted together in the old neighborhood. First lineUnder a harvest moon, FBI agent John Connolly eased his beat-up Plymouth into a parking space along Wollaston Beach. Behind him the water stirred and, further off, the Boston skyline sparkled. Publisher's noteJohn 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. AnnotationThis expose of the FBI's undercover program shows the great lengths it will go to maintain its network of informants--even to denying crititical information sought by other agencies. It reveals much about how both organized crime and the FBI operate. If You Enjoy "Black Mass (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Black Mass (Paperback)" by Dick Lehr (Author) and Gerard ...There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Murder - General Bestsellers
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