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Donnie Brasco
Joseph D Pistone
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Description for Donnie Brasco
Paperback. The incredible true story of the FBI's most successful undercover agent now reissued as a Great Read Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 344.
In 1978, the US government waged a war against organised crime. One man was left behind the lines. From 1976 until 1981, Special Agent Pistone lived undercover with the Mafia. Only able to visit his young family once every few months, Pistone - under the alias Donnie Brasco - ate, drank, partied, worked and sometimes killed with the wiseguys. He got so close that his Mafia partner, Lefty Ruggiero, asked him to officiate as best man at his wedding. Pistone's eventual testimony, in such spectacular prosecutions as 'the Pizza Connection' and 'the Mafia Commission' resulted in more than 200 indictments ... Read more
In 1978, the US government waged a war against organised crime. One man was left behind the lines. From 1976 until 1981, Special Agent Pistone lived undercover with the Mafia. Only able to visit his young family once every few months, Pistone - under the alias Donnie Brasco - ate, drank, partied, worked and sometimes killed with the wiseguys. He got so close that his Mafia partner, Lefty Ruggiero, asked him to officiate as best man at his wedding. Pistone's eventual testimony, in such spectacular prosecutions as 'the Pizza Connection' and 'the Mafia Commission' resulted in more than 200 indictments ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340922651
SKU
V9780340922651
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About Joseph D Pistone
Joseph D. Pistone was an FBI Agent for seventeen years. He now lives under secret identity in an undisclosed location.
Reviews for Donnie Brasco
So entertaining you have to remind yourself it's deadly serious
Boston Globe
Compelling and gripping . . . Raw, hard-hitting non-fiction at its best . . . A revealing investigative work
Toronto Star
A penetrating look into the inner circle of the Mafia . . . There's no shortage of real-life drama
Detroit News
... Read more
Boston Globe
Compelling and gripping . . . Raw, hard-hitting non-fiction at its best . . . A revealing investigative work
Toronto Star
A penetrating look into the inner circle of the Mafia . . . There's no shortage of real-life drama
Detroit News
... Read more