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Mafia Son: The Scarpa Mob Family, the FBI, and a Story of Betrayal (Thorndike Large Print Crime Scene) - Hardcover
The Scarpa Mafia dynasty was led by Greg Scarpa, Sr., a man so addicted to killing that he was nicknamed "The Grim Reaper." His son, Gregory Jr., was drawn into his dark world. No one but father and son knew that for thirty years Scarpa, Sr. was an FBI informant. Faced with arrest in the late 1980s, he dropped the dime on his own son. Imprisoned alongside Ramzi Yousef, Gregory, Jr. tried unsuccessfully to warn the government about the 911 attacks.
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A disturbing, jagged true-crime thriller worthy of prime Hamett, Chandler or Puzo. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Bestselling author Sandra Harmon uses her inside access to the Mob, law enforcement, and jailed Mafioso Gregory Scarpa Jr. to tell “a disturbing, jagged, true-crime thriller worthy of prime Hammett, Chandler, or Puzo” (Publishers Weekly).
The Scarpas were a Mafia dynasty led by Greg Scarpa Sr., a man so addicted to killing that he was nicknamed “The Grim Reaper.” His son, Gregory Jr., was slowly drawn into his father’s dark world. What only father and son knew was that for thirty years, starting in the 1960s, Scarpa Sr. was an informant for the FBI. Then, faced with arrest two decades later, Greg dropped the time on his own son.
“A tense, penetrating psychological portrait of the wiseguy who went right and paid the price.”—Robert Graysmith, author of Zodiac and Auto Focus
Gregory Jr. was imprisoned alongside terrorist Ramzi Yousef. He offered to trade information on Yousef with the government in exchange for leniency, providing detailed intelligence on what would eventually result in the September 11attacks. His warnings were ignored, and he was sentenced to forty years to life in prison, where he remains. A story that gained national notoriety, this is an “enthralling look at ties between the Mafia and the FBI” (Booklist).
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- PublisherThorndike Pr
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1410418553
- ISBN 13 9781410418555
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages447
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