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The Westies
The Westies: Inside New York's Irish Mob | T. J. English
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A chilling true story of murder and betrayal on Manhattans gritty West Side Its men like Jimmy Coonan and Mickey Featherstone who gave Hells Kitchen its name. In the mid-1970s, these two longtime friends take the reins of New Yorks Irish mob, using brute force to give it hitherto unthinkable power. Jimmy, a charismatic sociopath, is the leader. Mickey, whose memories of Vietnam torture him daily, is his enforcer. Together they make brutality their trademark, butchering bodies or hurling them out the window. Under their reign, Hells Kitchen becomes a place where death literally rains from the sky. But when Mickey goes down for a murder he didnt commit, he suspects his friend has sold him out. He returns the favor, breaking the underworlds code of silence and testifying against his gang in open court. From one of the creators of NYPD Blue and Homicide: Life on the Street comes an incredible true story of what it means to survive in the world of organized crime, where murder is commonplace.
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Finished on March 2, 2021. English pieces together an incredible amount of history, biography, and drama to tell the story of the growth of the West Side Irish mob in New York City and Mickey Featherstone, one of its most famous leaders.

I thought this work was very well-done for how much ground it has to cover. I don‘t often read historical fiction, but this was entertaining and easy to read.

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