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The Westies

Inside New York's Irish Mob

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The Westies

By: T. J. English
Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
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It's men like Jimmy Coonan and Mickey Featherstone who gave Hell's Kitchen its name. In the mid-1970s, these two longtime friends take the reins of New York's Irish mob, using brute force to give it hitherto unthinkable power. Jimmy, a charismatic sociopath, is the leader. Mickey, whose memories of Vietnam torture him daily, is his enforcer. Together they make brutality their trademark, butchering bodies or hurling them out the window. Under their reign, Hell's Kitchen becomes a place where death literally rains from the sky. But when Mickey goes down for a murder he didn't commit, he suspects his friend has sold him out. He returns the favor, breaking the underworld's code of silence and testifying against his gang in open court.

From one of the writers behind NYPD Blue and Homicide: Life on the Street comes an incredible true story of what it means to survive in the world of organized crime, where murder is commonplace.

©2006 T. J. English (P)2017 Tantor Americas Organised Crime Social Sciences True Crime United States Crime Murder
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Bloody unreal mate!!! Exactly as you'd think it would be, an Irish Godfather if you will...

Bloody unreal mate!!!

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Well written, well presented, bloody good story. Some really twisted people in this world.
Good one

Ruthless people

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very good audio book. keeps you wanting more after every chapter. Well written and spoken.

Great

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