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Table of Contents Praise Title Page Dedication Prologue Introduction PART ONE CHAPTER ONE - 1975 CHAPTER TWO - South Boston CHAPTER THREE - Hard Ball CHAPTER FOUR - Bob ’n’ Weave CHAPTER FIVE - Win, Place, and Show PART TWO CHAPTER SIX - Gang of Two? CHAPTER SEVEN - Betrayal CHAPTER EIGHT - Prince Street Hitman CHAPTER NINE - Fine Food, Fine Wine, Dirty Money CHAPTER TEN - Murder, Inc. CHAPTER ELEVEN - Bulgertown, USA CHAPTER TWELVE - The Bulger Myth CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Black Mass CHAPTER FOURTEEN - Shades of Whitey CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Connolly Talk CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Secrets Exposed PART THREE CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - Fred Wyshak CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - Heller’s Café CHAPTER NINETEEN - In for a Penny, in for a Pound CHAPTER TWENTY - The Party’s Over Epilogue Sources Notes Acknowledgements Index Copyright Page Praise for Black Mass “A parable of what happens when law enforcement officers get too close to their informers. It is a story that the FBI almost succeeded in suppressing. Black Mass should prompt a re-evaluation of the uses and misuses of informers by law enforcement officials throughout the country.” —Alan Dershowitz, author of Reversal of Fortune: Inside the Claus Von Bulow Case, The New York Times Book Review “This is a heartbreaking and enraging story of corruption and crime, but it has its heroes, especially Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill. These reporters were among the first to shine light on the shadowy collusion of heinous murderers and an FBI cut loose from its moral center. Now, with this powerful book, Lehr and O’Neill bring the whole story into the open. Black Mass is a work of rare lucidity, high drama, journalistic integrity, and plain courage.” —James Carroll, author of An American Requiem and Boston Globe columnist “More than an exposé on the abuses of power, Black Mass tells of the shameful betrayal of all things decent.... Lehr and O’Neill give us all the details with a journalistic precision that does not sacrifice the power of the story. After reading Black Mass, you might wonder if any of us really knows who are the good guys and who are the bad guys.” —Michael Patrick MacDonald, author of All Souls: A Family Story from Southie “What a marvelous read Black Mass is.” —Dominick Dunne, author of Justice: Crimes, Trials and Punishments “A jaw-dropping, true life tale of how two thugs corrupted the FBI ... a disturbing account of corruption, blind ambition, and official complicity in dark deeds.” —The Baltimore Sun “You don’t have to be a Mafia buff to enjoy and appreciate the story as told in Black Mass.... Black Mass is all about the nation’s premier law enforcement agency gone bad, with two or more of their own leading the way. . . . What makes Black Mass simply great is not the fantastic reporting and writing of the sordid story, but the way the two authors bring readers into the world of South Boston. The story reveals the parochial ‘clan’ attitude that prevails in the neighborhood where one’s word is higher measure of a man than his life’s accomplishments.... It is a great story, a great book, and a rare look at how deadly boyhood friendships in a neighborhood like ‘Southie’ can be.” —The Providence Journal “The book is a great read—it reels you in and holds you. O’Neill and Lehr have the remarkable ability to put you in the room and on the street where the action takes place. The dialogue is vital, gutsy, down and dirty.” —William Bratton, author of Turnaround: How America’s Top Cop Reversed the Crime Epidemic (with Peter Knobler), The Boston Globe “[Lehr and O’Neill] vividly capture the turbulent culture and conflicting loyalties of the Boston underworld.” —Library Journal “Black Mass is the hair-raising true story of the cozy and corrupt relationship between the FBI, Bulger, and his sidekick Steven the ‘Rifleman’ Flemmi ... an unholy alliance that shifted the balance of criminal power in Boston from the Italians to the Irish and left Bulger and Flemmi shielded from prosecution for two decades.... Lehr and O’Neill assemble a breathtaking account of corruption, crime, and gross legal negligence.” —The Legal Times “A triumph of investigative reporting, this full-bodied true-crime saga by two Boston Globe reporters is a cautionary tale about FBI corruption and the abuse of power.” —Publishers Weekly “An eye-opening true-crimer. . . . The authors offer a pile of evidence that (in South Boston at least) politics is all too local.” —Kirkus Reviews “Black Mass tells a story of abuse of power and betrayal by those sworn to protect the public and uphold the law. It leaves me wondering whether standard operating procedures and agent-informant relationships throughout the country should be reviewed.” —The Federal Lawyer “The corruption laid out by Lehr and O’Neill is pervasive and horrifying enough to make even the most inveterate cynic gag.” —The Boston Phoenix
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