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The 1960s was a time of social and generational upheaval felt with particular intensity in the melting pot of New York City. A culture of corruption pervaded the New York Police Department, where payoffs, protection, and shakedowns of gambling rackets and drug dealers were common practice. The so-called blue code of silence protected the minority of crooked cops from the sanction of the majority.
Into this maelstrom came a working class, Brooklyn-born, Italian cop with long hair, a beard, and a taste for opera and ballet. Frank Serpico was a man who couldn't be silenced -- or bought -- and he refused to go along with the system. He had sworn an oath to uphold the law, even if the perpetrators happened to be other cops. For this unwavering commitment to justice, Serpico nearly paid with his life.
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"Excellent." -- Newsweek
"[A] raw and moving portrait." -- Chicago Sun-Times
"Maas's reportage is detailed and of high narrative quality ...[Full of] tension and drama."--Rolling Stone
"[A] raw and moving portrait."--Chicago Sun-Times
"An absorbing story of what one angry, honest man can do ... told by a master of factual reporting."--Detroit News
"Excellent."--Newsweek
Excellent. --Newsweek"
[A] raw and moving portrait. --Chicago Sun-Times"
Maas s reportage is detailed and of high narrative quality ...[Full of] tension and drama. --Rolling Stone"
An absorbing story of what one angry, honest man can do told by a master of factual reporting. --Detroit News"
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"[A] raw and moving portrait." -- Chicago Sun-Times
"Maas's reportage is detailed and of high narrative quality ...[Full of] tension and drama."--Rolling Stone
"[A] raw and moving portrait."--Chicago Sun-Times
"An absorbing story of what one angry, honest man can do ... told by a master of factual reporting."--Detroit News
"Excellent."--Newsweek
Excellent. --Newsweek"
[A] raw and moving portrait. --Chicago Sun-Times"
Maas s reportage is detailed and of high narrative quality ...[Full of] tension and drama. --Rolling Stone"
An absorbing story of what one angry, honest man can do told by a master of factual reporting. --Detroit News"
The novelisation of a film set in the 1970s, which tells of how Patrolman Frank Serpico spent five lonely years, despite threats from his fellow officers, fighting a fruitless battle against police corruption, until finally, in despair and frustration, he decided to take the final step. Reissued for the BLOOMSBURY FILM CLASSICS series.
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- PublisherFONTANA
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0006134769
- ISBN 13 9780006134763
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 252 pages. Spine ripped. Text tanned. Cover worn.The 1960s wa s a time of social and generational upheaval felt with particular intensity in the melting pot of New York City. A culture of corr uption pervaded the New York Police Department, where payoffs, pr otection, and shakedowns of gambling rackets and drug dealers wer e common practice. The so-called blue code of silence protected t he minority of crooked cops from the sanction of the majority. In to this maelstrom came a working class, Brooklyn-born, Italian co p with long hair, a beard, and a taste for opera and ballet. Fran k Serpico was a man who couldn't be silenced -- or bought -- and he refused to go along with the system. He had sworn an oath to u phold the law, even if the perpetrators happened to be other cops . For this unwavering commitment to justice, Serpico nearly paid with his life. Seller Inventory # 688h
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