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Mafia Son: The Scarpa Mob Family, the FBI, and a Story of Betrayal
(Hardcover, 2009)
Author: Sandra Harmon
Greg Scarpa Sr. was raised in a mafia family and became a cold-blooded killer. He was also a long-ti...
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0312370245
ISBN-13: 9780312370244
Apr 2009
Publisher: St Martins Pr
320 pages
Language: English |
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Synopsis
Greg Scarpa Sr. was raised in a mafia family and became a cold-blooded killer. He was also a long-time informer for the FBI, who seemed to turn a blind eye to his many crimes. Scarpa passed his talents to his son, Greg Jr., who eventually took the fall for his father and went to prison. There, Greg Jr. encountered the terrorist Ramzi Yousef--and his loyalty convinced him to become a jailhouse informer. His efforts were not appreciated, however, and he was sent to an even more secure prison, where he met domestic terrorist Terry Nichols, the Oklahoma bomber. Again, Scarpa Jr. supplied authorities with information, and again he was not appreciated. Sandra Harmon provides an intelligent and thrilling account that provides a wider context to the experiences of Scarpa father and son, and insight into how the FBI operates its informants programs., In this dark, jagged true crime thriller, wily mob head Gregory Scarpa Sr. (alias the "Grim Reaper") secretly steals and kills under FBI protection for decades. When faced with arrest for his own crimes, he betrays his adoring son, Gregory Jr., whom he'd groomed to take his place. Taking the fall for his father out of familial respect and love, the young Scarpa endures decades of maximum security imprisonment by furnishing the feds with detailed intelligence regarding the September 11 attacks and the Oklahoma City bombings.
| Size | | Length: | 320 pages | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 17.9 oz |
Industry Reviews
"A disturbing, jagged true-crime thriller worthy of prime Hammett, Chandler or Puzo."
(05/16/2009)
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