{"product_id":"black-mass-whitey-bulger-the-fbi-and-a-devils-deal-paperback","title":"Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the Fbi, and a Devil's Deal - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDick Lehr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGerard O'Neill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen the FBI turned an Irish mobster into an informant, they corrupted the entire judicial system and sanctioned the worst crime spree Boston has ever seen. This is the true story behind the major motion picture.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e James Whitey Bulger became one of the most ruthless gangsters in US history, and all because of an unholy deal he made with a childhood friend. John Connolly a rising star in the Boston FBI office, offered Bulger protection in return for helping the Feds eliminate Boston's Italian mafia. But no one offered Boston protection from Whitey Bulger, who, in a blizzard of gangland killings, took over the city's drug trade. Whitey's deal with Connolly's FBI spiraled out of control to become the biggest informant scandal in FBI history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Mass\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, written by two former reporters who were on the case from the beginning. It is an epic story of violence, double-cross, and corruption at the center of which are the black hearts of two old friends whose lives unfolded in the darkness of permanent midnight.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDick Lehr\u003c\/b\u003e, a professor of journalism at Boston University, has won numerous national and regional journalism awards. He is a former investigative reporter, legal affairs, and magazine writer for the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, where he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in investigative reporting. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fence: A Police Cover-up along Boston's Racial Divide\u003c\/i\u003e, an Edgar Award finalist for best nonfiction, and coauthor of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and Edgar Award winner \u003ci\u003eBlack Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI, and a Devil's Deal\u003c\/i\u003e, and its sequel, \u003ci\u003eWhitey: The Life of America's Most Notorious Mob Boss\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives outside Boston with his wife and four children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerard O'Neill\u003c\/b\u003e recently retired as the editor of the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e's Spotlight Team, one of the nation's top investigative reporting units. He has won a Pulitzer Prize, been a Pulitzer finalist, won the Hancock Award, the Loeb Award, and many others.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.21 x 8.26 x 5.59 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 22, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770734641440,"sku":"9781610391092","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cf5cfd6eb8468c39c179ecc507845c76.webp?v=1780377722","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/black-mass-whitey-bulger-the-fbi-and-a-devils-deal-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}