Making Jack Falcone, Joaquin Jack Garcia
Making Jack Falcone, Joaquin Jack Garcia
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Making Jack Falcone
An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family

Author: Joaquin "Jack" Garcia, Michael Levin

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 9 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/30/2008

Synopsis

At six-foot-four-inches and 375 pounds, Jack Garcia looked the part of a mobster, and he played his part so perfectly that his Mafia bosses never suspected he was an undercover agent for the FBI. "Big Jack Falcone," as he was known inside La Cosa Nostra, learned all the inside dirt about the Gambino organized crime syndicate and its illegal activities—from extortion and loan-sharking to assault and murder. The result was a string of busts and a quarter-million-dollar contract put out on his life.

Making Jack Falcone tells the incredible true story of Garcia's audacious attempt to become only the second agent (after "Donnie Brasco") to become a made man in the Mafia. Readers will join Garcia as he attends "Mob School," an intensive course of study designed to teach him everything he needs to know about the Mafia, its operations, and its attitudes. An unprecedented glimpse into the inner workings of the FBI, the book also pulls no punches as Garcia reveals how sometimes the agency ran smoothly and criminals were collared according to plan, while other times tempers flared over the progess of cases.

A fascinating inside look at the struggle between law enforcement and organized crime, Making Jack Falcone sheds new light on two organizational cultures that continue to exert an unparalleled grip on the American popular imagination.

About Joaquin "Jack" Garcia

Joaquin "Jack" Garcia spent twenty-six years as a special agent for the FBI. Working undercover for twenty-four years, he used various aliases to gather evidence on and arrest criminals, from drug dealers and counterfeiters to corrupt city officials and mobsters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on February 01, 2016

Joaquin 'Jack' Garcia spent 24 of his 26 year career undercover, the last part of it juggling multiple identities plus a young family in real life. Unfortunately, everything I could find in a brief search about this was from Garcia himself or his book. It would have been interesting to see the other......more

Goodreads review by Tracy on December 08, 2012

This book is like sitting down with someone from the neighborhood over a beer. Garcia speaks casually, as if he's spewing his tales from the top of his head. It's a sort of a "day in the life of an undercover agent" who happens to be working more undercover cases at once than any agent in history. Y......more

Goodreads review by A on January 18, 2009

Think Donnie Brasco, but in the 2000s. I read Donnie Brasco and loved it. I've ready 10 or 20 mafia related books (fiction and non-fiction) and this is one my favorites. After a short description of his early days in the FBI and how he got into undercover work, it delves into his infiltration of the......more

Goodreads review by Ron on June 19, 2016

What? I enjoyed this book. Very interesting. Book was well written. If you're into the mob, give it a read. Hi Jessica and Jennifer!......more

Goodreads review by Dave on March 07, 2009

I've long had a fascination for how the underworld operates, and seems to get away with so much. This is a twist, in that it chronicles a primo undercover FBI agent in his many undercover roles, bringing down hordes of bad guys for many a violation. Most notably, and reflected by the name of the boo......more

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