The Brothers Bulger
How They Terrorized and Corrupted Boston for a Quarter Century

Herald columnist Howie Carr's utter disdain for the Bulgers and Boston townie politics is evident on every page of this lightly dramatized true crime book. As someone who lived in the neighborhoods described here, I loved all of the local detail. The prose is journalistic and Carr takes liberties wi......more

Easy to read and very illuminating for a young adult who grew up around Boston in the decades following the Bulgers’ heyday. Tales of Whitey were often told like folklore in Massachusetts, but I never knew the extent of his brother Billy’s deceit and corruption until I read this book.......more

I bought the book because I was interested in learning more about the famous mobster from Boston Whitey Bulger. I learned some interesting things about Whitey like the fact that early in his life it is believed he supported himself by turning tricks as a gay prostitute. Whitey spent years as an FBI......more

Great read about the regime of Billy and Whitey Bulger in Boston. This book throws up so much dirt about the politics of the city and the FBI, that I had to take a shower after reading it.......more

Carr is a good story-teller. I enjoy reading his works on the Bulger Gang. Something about his writing makes the story of corruption at the FBI and the decline of organized crime in Boston more accessible than the plethora of other books written about Bulger. Even though Carr admits that much of the......more