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Rat Bastards : The Life and Times of South Boston's Most Honorable Irish Mobster by John "Red" Shea (2006, Hardcover)

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You've met the Italian mob in "The Godfather," now welcome to the real-life world of Irish America's own murderous clan of organized crime The man who has remained silent for more than a decade finally speaks, revealing the gritty true story of his life inside the infamous South Boston Irish mob led by the elusive, Machiavellian kingpin Whitey Bulger, who to this day remains on the lam as one of the world's Ten Most Wanted criminals, second only to Osama bin Laden. John "Red" Shea was a top lieutenant in the South Boston Irish mob, rising to this position at the age of twenty-one. Thus began his tutelage under the notorious Irish godfather James "Whitey" Bulger. An ice-cold enforcer with a legendary red-hot temper, Shea was a legend among his Southie peers in the 1980s. From the first delivery truck he robbed at thirteen to the start of his twelve-year federal sentence for drug trafficking at twenty-seven, Shea was a portrait in American crime -- a terror, brutal and ruthlessly ambitious. Drug dealer, loan shark, money launderer, and multimillion-dollar narcotics kingpin, Shea was at the pinnacle of power -- until the feds came knocking and eventually obliterated the legendary mob in a well-orchestrated sweep of arrests, fueled by insider tips to the FBI and DEA. While Bulger's other top men turned informant to save their own hides, Shea alone kept his code of honor and his mouth shut -- loyalty that earned him a dozen years of hard time even as the man he was protecting turned out to be, himself, a rat. For in the end, in a remarkable show of betrayal, Bulger turned out to be the FBI's "main man" and top informant -- tipping off the feds for decadeswhile still managing to operate one of the most murderous and profitable organized crime outfits of all time. "In Rat Bastards," Shea brings that mysterious world and gritty urban Irish American street culture into sharp focus by telling his own story -- of his fatherless upbringing, his apprenticeship on the tough streets of Southie, and his love affair with trouble, boxing, and then the gangster life. In prose that is refreshingly honest, personal, and surprisingly tender, Shea tells his harrowing, unflinching, and unapologetic story. A man who did the crime, did the time, and held fast to the Irish code of silence, which he was raised to follow at any cost, Shea remains a man of honor and in doing so has become a living legend. One of the last of a dying breed, a true stand-up guy. Shea expects no forgiveness and makes no excuses for the life he chose. His story is intense, compelling, and in your face.

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060837160
ISBN-13
9780060837167
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50943116

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Book Title
Rat Bastards : the Life and Times of South Boston's Most Honorable Irish Mobster
Author
John "Red" Shea
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Rich & Famous, Personal Growth / General, General, Organized Crime, Criminals & Outlaws, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, Social Science
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
19.6 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Hv6452.M4s54 2006
Reviews
...a slick read dripping with the underworld holy trinity of sex, drugs, and violence...a bawdy page-turner., ...The only Memoir Told from the Perspective of a Mobster Who Refused to Betray the Code of Silence.
Copyright Date
2006
Lccn
2006-041906
Dewey Decimal
364.1092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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by lemonaid0500May 05, 2006
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Red is one tough guy. Seeing a guy like him I would not have liked him. He gives you a look inside him to see what makes him like he is. He makes no apologies. Now I understand him in a way that I can look differently at those tough guys on the street.
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by dogrus05Apr 22, 2010
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I like everything about the earlier times and the bad guys. I like it even more if they turn out good, like for instance Rocky Graziano, and Jake LaMotta to name a few. I've alway's been fascinated by the mob.......
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by itsgoingtoaucti...Mar 28, 2006
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A personal look at life in southie from many angles. Red tells a great story of his life. A must read.
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My nephew totalled enjoyed this book. Very good writing and a good story as well. I reccomend it.

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