Mafia Son: The Scarpa Mob Family, the FBI, and a Story of Betrayal (PAPERBACK)
UK £8.99,
UK Publication March 2010
ISBN 9781848311275
Paperback
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'A tense, penetrating psychological portrait of the Wiseguy who went right and paid the price. A true thriller in the tradition of Donnie Brasco and Goodfellas.' Robert Graysmith, author of Zodiac
'A punchy account of a poisonous familial relationship & the older Scarpa makes Tony Soprano seem like a choirboy.' Daily Express
The Scarpas were a New York Mafia dynasty led by Greg Scarpa Sr., nicknamed The Grim Reaper for his brutal addiction to violence and murder.
But since the 1960s Scarpa had also been a Top Echelon Informant for the FBI.
Betrayed by the father he worshipped, his son Gregory Jr. still festers in Colorado's maximum security ADMAX prison, where his information of a plot that resulted in 9/11 was fatefully ignored by the authorities.
Granted unique inside access to Greg Jr. and to the FBI, Sandra Harmon pries open the dark heart of the Scarpa family and tells an unforgettable tale of violence, wealth, and sex, set in a world where a man's word is both everything and nothing.
'A disturbing, jagged true-crime thriller worthy of prime Hammett, Chandler or Puzo' Publishers Weekly
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Sandra Harmon is the author of several bestselling books, including Elvis and Me, which she coauthored with Priscilla Presley. In Mafia Son, Harmon was granted intimate access to the principals of the book - access that eventually got her subpoenaed in the highly publicized Lindley DeVecchio trials.
See more books by: Sandra Harmon
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