Where the Bodies Were Buried, T. J. English
Where the Bodies Were Buried, T. J. English
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Where the Bodies Were Buried
Whitey Bulger and the World That Made Him

Author: T. J. English

Narrator: Mike Chamberlain

Unabridged: 16 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 09/15/2015


Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling author of The Westies and Paddy Whacked offers a front-row seat at the trial of Whitey Bulger, and an intimate view of the world of organized crime—and law enforcement—that made him the defining Irish American gangster.For sixteen years, Whitey Bulger eluded the long reach of the law. For decades one of the most dangerous men in America, Bulger—the brother of influential Massachusetts senator Billy Bulger—was often romanticized as a Robin Hood-like thief and protector. While he was functioning as the de facto mob boss of New England, Bulger was also serving as a Top Echelon informant for the FBI, covertly feeding local prosecutors information about other mob figures—while using their cover to cleverly eliminate his rivals, reinforce his own power, and protect himself from prosecution. Then, in 2011, he was arrested in southern California and returned to Boston, where he was tried and convicted of racketeering and murder.Our greatest chronicler of the Irish mob in America, T. J. English covered the trial at close range—by day in the courtroom, but also, on nights and weekends, interviewing Bulger’s associates as well as lawyers, former federal agents, and even members of the jury in the backyards and barrooms of Whitey’s world. In Where the Bodies Were Buried, he offers a startlingly revisionist account of Bulger’s story—and of the decades-long culture of collusion between the Feds and the Irish and Italian mob factions that have ruled New England since the 1970s, when a fateful deal left the FBI fatally compromised. English offers an authoritative look at Bulger’s own understanding of his relationship with the FBI and his alleged immunity deal, and illuminates how gangsterism, politics, and law enforcement have continued to be intertwined in Boston.As complex, harrowing, and human as a Scorsese film, Where the Bodies Were Buried is the last word on a reign of terror that many feared would never end.

About T. J. English

T. J. English is a noted journalist and author of the New York Times bestsellers Havana Nocturne, Paddy Whacked, The Savage City, and Where the Bodies Were Buried. He also authored The Westies, a national bestseller; Born to Kill, which was nominated for an Edgar Award; and The Corporation. His journalism has appeared in Esquire, Vanity Fair, Playboy, and New York magazine, among other publications. He lives in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brett

I thought this was an excellent book. I was captivated from the beginning to the very end. The book's main focus is the 2013 trial 'The People of the United States v. James. J. Bulger'. The book flows from the opening, witness testimonies, court procedure, and the closing statements. I felt T.J. Eng......more

Goodreads review by Hope

This book was interesting to me in theory but when I sat down to read it I just found it really boring. The story is interesting but necessarily something that I'd want to read for enjoyment. I'd rather watch a documentary about it. The writing was good but too wordy. There's so many words packed int......more