Whitey: the life of America's most notorious mob boss

From the bestselling writers ofBlack Mass,now a major film, comes the definitive biography of Whitey Bulger - the most brutal modern day mafia boss since Gotti.

Drawing on previously classified material,Whiteytells the story of James J. 'Whitey' Bulger, the crime boss, psychopath and killer who brought the FBI to its knees. From his childhood on the streets of South Boston and his cell in Alcatraz in the 1950s, to the corrupt pact with the FBI and the fifteen years he hid in plain sight as one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted,Whiteyis the story of corruption, greed and an insatiable hunger for power and control. A sadistic crime boss who liked to get his hands dirty even at the top, this explosive biography creates a portrait of a monster, and one of the most successful organised crime careers of all time.