The Westies

Inside New York's Irish Mob

T.J. English (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

544 Seiten

2008
Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group) (Verlag)
978-0-553-81956-4 (ISBN)

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Even among the Mob, the Westies were feared. Out of a partnership between two sadistic thugs - James Coonan and Mickey Featherstone - the gang dominated the decaying slice of New York City's West Side known as Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s and '80s. Excelling in extortion, numbers running, loansharking and drug-peddling, they became the most notorious gang in the history of organized crime. The then prosecutor Rudolf Giuliani called them 'the most savage organisation in the long history of New York street gangs'. Upping the ante on brutality and depravity, their speciality when it came to punishment and killings was dismemberment. Their reign lasted almost twenty - their end would come as their own violent natures got the best of them and precipitated a downfall as infamous as their rise. This revised and updated edition, brings the story of the Westies up to date with 'where are they now' snapshots of the men - and women - of the Westies.

T.J. English is a noted journalist and screenwriter, and is the author of three other books: Old Bones and Shallow Graves, Born To Kill and just published, The Havan Mob. He has written for numerous publications, including Esquire and Playboy, while his screenwriting credits include work on NYPD Blue and Homicide. The Westies was his first book, became a US bestseller and launched its author's career as an expert on the multi-ethnic nature of organised crime in America. He lives in New York City.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.7.2008
Zusatzinfo	8pp B & W photos
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 198 mm
Gewicht	386 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	0-553-81956-9 / 0553819569
ISBN-13	978-0-553-81956-4 / 9780553819564
Zustand	Neuware