The Good Guys
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- £8.99
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- £8.99
Publisher Description
Hundreds of writers have tried to capture life inside the mob, but no one has ever had the inside access to write a book like this one. Drawing on the firsthand experience of former undercover FBI agent Joe Pistone, aka Donny Brasco, as well as former Mafia prince Bill Bonanno, The Good Guys straddles both sides of the law, races relentlessly through the New York City underworld, and crackles with characters and moments so vivid they will never let you go.
At Columbia University, a professor of Russian literature has gone missing. A few miles and light-years away, Little Eddie LaRocca and Bobby San Filippo are on the move, dealing in everything from hot-sheet hotels to bootleg Fuji film. When the hoods are sent to find the professor, they find out that someone else is looking, too.
Beautiful FBI agent Laura Russo is making her preppy partner's head spin. She knows the missing man is important, and somehow connected to a recent mob hit. While Eddie and Bobby are fighting their way through ugly deeds and pretty coeds, these feds will cook up some business of their own, turning a little disagreement among criminals into an all-out war.
Capturing the organized crime world of the go-go '80s, Pistone and Bonanno's one-of-a-kind collaboration is bad to the bone, and as marvelously authentic as it gets.
Customer Reviews
Very poor narration
The choice of narrator is crucial for the way a work of fiction is perceived by the reader. Unfortunately my eight year old daughter can narrate a book to a higher standard. Save your money...
Great book
A clever book written from 2 sides both with the same goal
Best story ever!
Best story ever. Bonanno and Pistone are a match made in heaven. Pistone the former undercover agent Donnie Brasco and Bill Bonanno the former head of the Bonanno crime family. This is my favourite book and is even better to listen too.