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John "Red" Shea was a top lieutenant to South Boston's top Irish mobster, Whitey Bulger, and was the only guy to walk the walk and take the rap when the mob boss and his fellow rats turned and ran. Shea did 12 years of hard time to maintain his personal dignity and sense of integrity. This book provides an account of mob life and Red Shea.

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"...a slick read dripping with the underworld holy trinity of sex, drugs, and violence...a bawdy page-turner." -- Publishers Weekly "...the hottest Irish-American mob story of all time." -- Liz Smith, New York Post "...dish-a-thon on Whitey Bulger." -- Boston Herald "...the only memoir told from the perspective of a mobster who refused to betray the code of silence." -- The Improper Bostonian

Rat Bastards The South Boston Irish Mobster Who Took the Rap When Everyone Else Ran

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      Publisher HarperCollins
      Published 1 September 2007
      ISBN-13 9780061232893
      978-0061232893
      ISBN-10 0061232890
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      Memoirs True crime

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      John "Red" Shea was a top lieutenant to South Boston's top Irish mobster, Whitey Bulger, and was the only guy to walk the walk and take the rap when the mob boss and his fellow rats turned and ran. Shea did 12 years of hard time to maintain his personal dignity and sense of integrity. This book provides an account of mob life and Red Shea.

      Trade Review
      "...a slick read dripping with the underworld holy trinity of sex, drugs, and violence...a bawdy page-turner." -- Publishers Weekly "...the hottest Irish-American mob story of all time." -- Liz Smith, New York Post "...dish-a-thon on Whitey Bulger." -- Boston Herald "...the only memoir told from the perspective of a mobster who refused to betray the code of silence." -- The Improper Bostonian

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