Hitman: The Untold Story of Johnny Martorano---Whitey
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Carr, Howie, PUBLISHER: Starscape, Martin Scorsese's "ong>Theong> Departed "barely touched on his story. Now radio talk show sensation, crime reporter, and "Boston Herald "columnist, Howie Carr takes us into ong>theong> heart of ong>theong> life of Johnny Martorano. For two decades Martorano struck fear into anyone even remotely connected to his world. His partnership with Whitey Bulger and ong>theong> infamous Winter Hill Gang led to twenty murders--for which Johnny would serve twelve years in prison. Carr also looks at ong>theong> politicians and FBI agents who aided Johnny and Whitey, and at ong>theong> flamboyant city of Boston which Martorano so ruthlessly ruled. A plethora of paradoxes, Johnny Martorano was Mr. Mom by day and man-about-town by night. Surrounded by fast-living politicians, sports celebrities, and show biz entertainers, Johnny was charismatically colorful--as charming as he was frightening. After all, he was, in ong>theong> end...a ong>hitmanong>. ong>Theong> paperback edition of Howie Carr's riveting true-crime story includes a new epilogue detailing Whitey Bulger's dramatic June capture.