Book : Whitey Bulger Americas Most Wanted Gangster And The..

-Titulo Original : Whitey Bulger Americas Most Wanted Gangster And The Manhunt That Brought Him To Justice

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W. W. Norton & Company

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This is the definitive story of Whitey Bulger…a masterwork of reporting. Michael Connelly, best-selling author of The Wrong Side of GoodbyeA New York Times BestsellerA #1 Boston Globe BestsellerAn instant classic, this unforgettable narrative, rich with family ties and intrigue, follows the astonishing career of a gangster whose life was more sensational than fiction. Cullen and Murphy have broken more Bulger stories than anyone, and Whitey Bulger became front-page news, revealing the mobsters secret letters written from Plymouth Jail after the sixteen-year manhunt that led to his capture and offering unparalleled insight into his contradictions and complex personality. The afterword covering the results of the dramatic and emotional trial provides a riveting denouement to this eminently fair and thorough telling of a life, which makes it all the more damning (Boston Globe). 16 pages of photographs Review A terrific book…A portrait of its subject in all his complexity. David Ulin, Los Angeles TimesEasily the best story about crime Ive read. Jimmy Breslin, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author of The Gang That Couldnt Shoot Straight and The Good RatA great read…So many terrific, amazing stories. Dave Davies, NPRs Fresh AirRiveting. The EconomistIn the same way that J. Anthony Lukas’s Common Ground is essential to understanding Bostons racial history, Whitey Bulger is an authoritative treatise on the citys late-20th-century underworld. Sean Flynn, Boston GlobeThis is the definitive story of Whitey Bulger. As much social documentary as riveting crime story, the book is a masterwork of reporting by Cullen and Murphy. I couldn’t put it down. Michael Connelly, best-selling author of The Wrong Side of GoodbyeThis is the Whitey Bulger book by the two expert journalists who know the turf best. Michael Patrick MacDonald, best-selling author of All Souls: A Family Story from Southie About the Author Kevin Cullen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has written for the Boston Globe since 1985, was the first to raise questions about Whitey Bulgers relationship with the FBI. A frequent commentator on NPR and the BBC, Cullen has won major journalism prizes including the Goldsmith Prize, the George Polk Award, and the Selden Ring Award.Shelley Murphy has covered Whitey Bulger and organized crime in Boston since 1985, beginning at the Boston Herald and moving to the Globe in 1993. She has won a George Polk Award for National Reporting.