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Badfellas is the definitive account by Ireland''s most respected crime writer and journalist, Paul Williams, of how organized crime evolved in Ireland over the past four decades.

Drawing on his vast inside knowledge of the criminal underworld, an unparalleled range of contacts and eye witness interviews, Williams provides a chilling insight into the godfathers and events - that have dominated gangland since the late 1960s.

Until the explosion of paramilitary violence in the 1970s, Ireland was a criminal backwater. However, petty criminals with dreams of the big time were quick to emulate the ruthless actions of the subversives. Organized crime took hold in Ireland and soon armed robberies, kidnappings and murder became commonplace.

After the introduction of heroin to Ireland by Dublin''s Dunne family in the late 1970s, there was no going back. Badfellas traces how the hugely lucrative drug trade that then emerged led to the gang wars that have cor

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 3 May 2012
      ISBN-13 9780241954744
      978-0241954744
      ISBN-10 0241954746
      Also in:
      Biography True crime

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Badfellas is the definitive account by Ireland''s most respected crime writer and journalist, Paul Williams, of how organized crime evolved in Ireland over the past four decades.

      Drawing on his vast inside knowledge of the criminal underworld, an unparalleled range of contacts and eye witness interviews, Williams provides a chilling insight into the godfathers and events - that have dominated gangland since the late 1960s.

      Until the explosion of paramilitary violence in the 1970s, Ireland was a criminal backwater. However, petty criminals with dreams of the big time were quick to emulate the ruthless actions of the subversives. Organized crime took hold in Ireland and soon armed robberies, kidnappings and murder became commonplace.

      After the introduction of heroin to Ireland by Dublin''s Dunne family in the late 1970s, there was no going back. Badfellas traces how the hugely lucrative drug trade that then emerged led to the gang wars that have cor

      Trade Review
      Paul Williams is the outstanding journalist of his generation * Joe Duffy, RTÉ *

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