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  <default_description>This fresh account of Massachusettss infamous Bulger brothers unveils a stunning criminal alliance, and with its dual biography format, goes deeper than the New York Times bestselling Black Mass. For the first time, journalist Howie Carr reveals the real story behind the infamous Bulgerstwo brothers from South Boston who grew up to control a state. With political corruption on one side and deadly force on the other, the Bulgers shared a diabolic and destructive alliance for decades. James Whitey Bulger, the bad son, blazed a murderous trail to become Bostons most feared mobster and remains one of the FBIs Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. William Billy Bulger, the good son, wielded the gavel as president of the Massachusetts State Senate and the University of Massachusetts, but was eventually forced from both positions. The parallel stories of these two brothers, rich in anecdote and shocking in their revelations, read like an unholy hybrid of All the Kings Men and The Godfather.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although poorly written (there's a blizzard of names on almost every page), the story is still un-freaking-believable.  The fact that the city and police in Boston could be this corrupt is truly astounding.  The book centers around the speaker of the Massachusetts House, Billy Bulgar (the &quot;corr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45315216">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Herald columnist Howie Carr's utter disdain for the Bulgers and Boston townie politics is evident on every page of this lightly dramatized true crime book. <br/><br/>As someone who lived in the neighborhoods described here, I loved all of the local detail. The prose is journalistic and Carr takes li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41848442">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very poorly written, but fascinating true story nonetheless.  Tells the story of two of Boston's most infamous figures, and  is good background for anyone wanting to know the details of organized crime in Boston in the 60s through the 90s.  I'm not a big true crime genre guy, but fans of such work w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69338209">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having lived in Winter Hill and other ares Howie Carra writes of this book, and during the time periods he writes of, I highly this book for the not just the great reporting, but also the style.  Howie Carr gets inside the uses of language, the tone of words, the inflections of accents and the think...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18002158">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had read some of Howie Carr's columns on the mob in Boston, and was slightly less than blown away -- so when I read this book, I WAS blown away. It's great. This is top-notch mob journalism, covering the corruption of Billy Bulger's career as president of the Massachusetts Senate, as well as his b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75561024">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty amazing what people can rationalize doing in the name of money and power.  At times it felt like &quot;The Wire&quot; but even crazier with one brother a mobster and the other the State Senate President.  Found it funny the newspapers photographers didn't want credit when they took pictures o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65684553">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I couldn't bring myself to listen to the last 3 hours of this book.  The book was like a very very long, tedious timeline of events.  I was looking for true crime, and although it was definitely true crime, it was true boring crime.  However, and I'm not being sarcastic, if you like the way history ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2895310">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Entertaining.  I would have given it 3.5 stars since I have lived in Boston, but it is still an interesting read.  It does try to show that Whitey and Billy were equally corrupt even though one was in politics and the other was in gangs.  Neat story overall.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting tale which reads like fiction about how the Bulger brothers dominated Boston politics and crime. The book is a victim of it's own detail because the cast of characters it builds is very confusing. I would recommend for true crime buffs.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting subject matter. The infamous Whitey Bulger intruges me. This book was okay, my one complaint was the shifting back and forth through each member of his clan- too many names, etc which made things confusing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book. A true account of the Irish Mafia in South Boston 50's -'90's, and how Whitey Bulger (S. Boston Kingpin) and brother Billy Bulger (State Senate Majority Leader) controlled the streets and politics of Boston and Massachusetts. Bulger is the #2 Most Wanted Person on the FBI's most w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3705159">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd say 3.5 to 4 stars. The subject matter was interesting, and a lot was news to me - wow, what went on during the Bulger era! Fast-paced, interesting stories, believable. At times a little confusing because so many names were introduced - hard to keep it straight if you didn't keep up with it (I h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23559367">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The substance was interesting, but the Carr vendetta part was annoying.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you live in MA you know all about the brothers, if you don't you should]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love the true crime genre and this one has the local flair.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 13 09:08:12 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow...this book is insane. If you like Howie Carr this book reads just like his dialogue on air. It is rich in the history of Southie, the politics of Massachusetts, and the inside truth behind the Bulger brothers. I was at Umass when Billy was the President, and I met him at an awards dinner for th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12535883">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good read, real Americana, except as one of the players explains to a judge, this did not happen in the USofA, but in Boston. That was probably one of the funniest lines in the book. What it demonstrates is very clearly how the FBI got had by the Bulgers, the same way the CIA got had with Osama bin ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15724299">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Other than the fact that I don't care for him, I don't believe much that comes from the mind of Howie. The book was informative but pretty dry; its not complete bullshit.. just somewhat.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[politics at its best]]></body>
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