Inside the Montreal Mafia
The Confessions of Andrew Scoppa
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3.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $9.99
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Publisher Description
National Bestseller
“Inside the Montreal Mafia is an entertaining, illuminating, and often sobering look at the downfall of the Rizzuto crime family … Highly readable and engaging.” — Montreal Review of Books
A groundbreaking, exclusive inside look at the North American Mafia and the Rizzuto family
For the first time in Canadian history, a high-ranking mafioso agreed to break the code of omertà by talking to journalists. From October 2014 to October 2019, Félix Séguin and Eric Thibault held multiple secret meetings with Andrew Scoppa, getting an exclusive inside look at the inner workings of the North American Mafia. This book is the culmination of their perilous investigation. It sheds light on the life — and death — of one of the most influential organized crime figures in recent years.
At exactly 2 p.m., there was a knock at the door. It was him: the source every journalist dreamed of having. The short man was armed and placed his gun on a table.
“Are you impressed?” he asked with a broad grin.
“Yes. Very much.”
Before me was Andrew Scoppa, close confidant of the late mafia boss Vito Rizzuto, international heroin trafficker and cold-blooded killer.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
When a true-crime book starts with its main character’s lifeless hand poking out from under a police blanket, you know you’re in for a wild ride. In this astonishing feat of journalism, authors Félix Séguin and Eric Thibault give us an inside-out look at one of North America’s most powerful criminal organizations, recounting the countless underworld secrets high-ranking mobster Andrew Scoppa spilled to them. The odd connection between the tough but surprisingly needy mob boss and the mafia-obsessed journalists is fascinating in its own right, even before the authors get into Montréal’s organized-crime scene, untangling the messy threads of Scoppa’s stories through meticulous research. Whether you’re a hardcore Sopranos fan or just enjoy a good true-crime tale, Inside the Montreal Mafia is a riveting read.
