T J English

Where the Bodies Were Buried: Whitey Bulger and the World That Made Him T J English

Publisher Marketing: In this riveting new book from the author of "The Westies "and "Paddy Whacked," "New York Times "bestselling author T. J. English offers a front-row seat at the trial of Whitey Bulger and an intimate view of the world of organized crime and law enforcement that made him the defining Irish American gangster. For sixteen years Whitey Bulger eluded the long reach of the law. For decades one of the most dangerous men in America, Bulger the brother of influential Massachusetts senator Billy Bulger was often romanticized as a Robin Hood like thief and protector. While he was functioning as the de facto mob boss of New England, Bulger was also serving as a top-echelon informant for the FBI, covertly feeding local prosecutors information about other mob figures while using their cover to cleverly eliminate his rivals, reinforce his own power, and protect himself from prosecution. Then, in 2011 he was arrested in Southern California and returned to Boston, where he was tried and convicted of racketeering and murder. Our greatest chronicler of the Irish mob in America, T. J. English covered the trial at close range by day in the courtroom, but also on nights and weekends, interviewing Bulger s associates as well as lawyers, former federal agents, and even members of the jury in the backyards and barrooms of Whitey s world. In "Where the Bodies Were Buried," he offers a startlingly revisionist account of Bulger s story and of the decades-long culture of collusion between the feds and the Irish and Italian mob factions that have ruled New England since the 1970s, when a fateful deal left the FBI fatally compromised. English offers an authoritative look at Bulger s own understanding of his relationship with the FBI and his alleged immunity deal, and illuminates how gangsterism, politics, and law enforcement have continued to be intertwined in Boston. As complex, harrowing, and human as a Scorsese film, "Where the Bodies Were Buried "is the last word on a reign of terror that many feared would never end." Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/2015 pg. 70 (EAN 9780062290984, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 07/20/2015 (EAN 9780062290984, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2015 (EAN 9780062290984, Hardcover) Library Journal 09/01/2015 pg. 122 (EAN 9780062290984, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  English, T J T. J. English is a noted journalist, a screenwriter, and the author of the New York Times bestsellers Havana Nocturne, Paddy Whacked, and The Savage City, as well as of The Westies, a national bestseller, and Born to Kill, which was nominated for an Edgar Award. He has written for Vanity Fair, Playboy, and Esquire, among other publications. His screenwriting credits include episodes of the television crime dramas NYPD Blue and Homicide, for which he was awarded the Humanitas Prize. He lives in New York City.