Hitman: The Untold Story of Johnny Martorano: Whitey Bulger's Enforcer and the Most Feared Gangster in the Underworld
by Howie Carr
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Crime reporter Howie Carr takes us into the heart of the life of Johnny Martorano. 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. Carr also looks at the politicians and FBI agents who aided Johnny and Whitey, and at the flamboyant city of Boston, which Martorano so ruthlessly ruled. A plethora of paradoxes, show more Johnny Martorano was Mr. Mom by day and man-about-town by night. Surrounded by fast-living politicians, sports celebrities, and showbiz entertainers, Johnny was charismatically colorful--as charming as he was frightening. After all, he was, in the end, a hitman.--From publisher description. show lessTags
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“The untold story of Johnny Martorano: Whitey Bulger’s enforcer and the most feared gangster in the underworld”. Okay, so we continue our fascination with the honor-code among society’s parasitic criminals and our own enabling behavior. This book is an excellent chronicle of corruption and crime of the small and big. My complete review is available at my book review journal, www.tgblogger.com//?p=1555.
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Howie Carr is a columnist for the Boston Herald. He wrote The Brothers Bulger, which spent eleven weeks on the New York Times bestseller Hitman: The Untold Story of Johnny Martorano: Whitey Bulgers Enforcer and the Most Feared Gangster in the Underworld; and the crime novel Hard Knocks. Carr hosts a daily four-hour radio talk show syndicated show more throughout New England. In 1985, Carr won a National Magazine Award, and in 2008 he was elected to the National Radio Hall of Fame. Carr lives in suburban Boston with his wife and their three daughters: Visit him online at www.howiecarr.us. show less
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- People/Characters*
- James "Whitey" Bulger; Johnny Martorano
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- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Politics and Government, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 364.152 — Society, Government, and Culture Social problems and social services Crime Criminal offenses Offenses against the person Homicide
- LCC
- HV6452 .M4 .C373 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Crimes and offenses
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- English
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