Hitman - Hardcover

Carr, Howie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0765326396 ISBN 13: 9780765326393

Publisher: Forge, 2011

Synopsis

Hitman For two decades, Martorano struck fear into anyone even remotely connected to his world. His partnership with Whitey Bulger and the infamous Winter Hill Gang led to twenty murders... for which Johnny would serve twelve years in prison. In this title, the author also looks at the politicians and FBI agents who aided Johnny and Whitey. Full description

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Review:

"Howie Carr weaves a frightening tale of unlawful conduct, and it's all true." --Bill O'Reilly "The indictments of mobster-mangled Boston continue to rain down in Howie Carr's superb new true-crime book, "Hitman." It's horrifying, it's deadpan shocking, it's a brilliant treatise on criminal psychopathy and a portrait of a city defined and subverted by hoodlums run amok. Read this book--it will grab you, garrotte you, and leave you gasping for breath." --James Ellroy, bestselling author of "American Tabloid" and" L.A. Confidential" "Howie Carr weaves a frightening tale of unlawful conduct, and it's all true." --Bill O'Reilly "The indictments of mobster-mangled Boston continue to rain down in Howie Carr's superb new true-crime book, Hitman. It's horrifying, it's deadpan shocking, it's a brilliant treatise on criminal psychopathy and a portrait of a city defined and subverted by hoodlums run amok. Read this book--it will grab you, garrotte you, and leave you gasping for breath." --James Ellroy, bestselling author of American Tabloid and L.A. Confidential Howie Carr weaves a frightening tale of unlawful conduct, and it's all true. "Bill O'Reilly" The indictments of mobster-mangled Boston continue to rain down in Howie Carr's superb new true-crime book, "Hitman." It's horrifying, it's deadpan shocking, it's a brilliant treatise on criminal psychopathy and a portrait of a city defined and subverted by hoodlums run amok. Read this book--it will grab you, garrotte you, and leave you gasping for breath. "James Ellroy, bestselling author of American Tabloid and L.A. Confidential""

About the Author:

Howie Carr is a columnist for the Boston Herald and author of The Brothers Bulger, which spent 11 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and Hitman: The Untold Story of Johnny Martorano: Whitey Bulger's Enforcer and the Most Feared Gangster in the Underworld. He also hosts a daily four-hour radio talk show syndicated throughout New England. In 1985, Carr won a National Magazine Award, and in 2008 he was elected to the National Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago. Carr lives in suburban Boston with his wife and their three daughters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forge
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0765326396
• ISBN 13: 9780765326393
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464