Brutal: The Untold Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger's Irish Mob
Mar 2009 · Harper Collins
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The former mobster recounts his life in the Boston underworld with Whitey Bulger in this New York Times–bestselling true crime memoir.
I grew up in the Old Colony housing project in South Boston and became partners with James “Whitey” Bulger, who I always called Jimmy.
Jimmy and I, we were unstoppable. We took what we wanted. And we made people disappear—permanently. We made millions. And if someone ratted us out, we killed him. We were not nice guys.
I found out that Jimmy had been an FBI informant in 1999, and my life was never the same. When the feds finally got me, I was faced with something Jimmy would have killed me for—cooperating with the authorities. I pled guilty to twenty-nine counts, including five murders. I went away for five and a half years.
I was brutally honest on the witness stand, and this book is brutally honest, too; the brutal truth that was never before told. How could it? Only three people could tell the true story. With one on the run and one in jail for life, it falls on me.
I grew up in the Old Colony housing project in South Boston and became partners with James “Whitey” Bulger, who I always called Jimmy.
Jimmy and I, we were unstoppable. We took what we wanted. And we made people disappear—permanently. We made millions. And if someone ratted us out, we killed him. We were not nice guys.
I found out that Jimmy had been an FBI informant in 1999, and my life was never the same. When the feds finally got me, I was faced with something Jimmy would have killed me for—cooperating with the authorities. I pled guilty to twenty-nine counts, including five murders. I went away for five and a half years.
I was brutally honest on the witness stand, and this book is brutally honest, too; the brutal truth that was never before told. How could it? Only three people could tell the true story. With one on the run and one in jail for life, it falls on me.
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4.3
41 reviews
Timothy Coultas
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July 6, 2015
If I'd of known weeks was a supporter of the I.R.A I'd have never of bought the book.wonder how he feels about supporting terrorism post 9/11
A Google user
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November 20, 2012
This book makes Goodfella's sound like a fairy story, totally fascinating about the life & crimes of Kevin Weeks and Jimmy "Whitey" Bulger, the South Boston gangster. How he was brought into organised crime and how his "mentor" wasn't the person Kevin Weeks thought he was. If you are interested in true crime then this is a must read book.
j bee
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March 26, 2017
Classic book wrote by whitey closest accosite giving the best I side life of Irish biggest gangster who has now been caught in 2011
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About the author
Kevin Weeks is out of prison and living a clean life in Massachusetts.
Phyllis Karas is the coauthor of two previous books. She is a contributor to People magazine and an adjunct professor at the Boston University School of Journalism. She lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with her husband.
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