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THE IRISH MOB TRILOGY
The Westies, Paddy Whacked and Where the Bodies Were Buried comprise the Irish Mob Trilogy, three non-fiction crime books by T.J. ENGLISH that, collectively, stand as the most complete exploration of this history ever presented by an author, historian or storyteller. From the era of the Irish Potato Famine in the late 19th Century, through the Prohibition years, right up to and including the trial
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Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution
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2007
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48 editions
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The Westies: Inside New York's Irish Mob
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1990
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31 editions
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Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster
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2005
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25 editions
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The Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge
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2011
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20 editions
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Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld
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2022
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10 editions
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The Corporation: An Epic Story of the Cuban American Underworld
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2018
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24 editions
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Where the Bodies Were Buried: Whitey Bulger and the World That Made Him
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2015
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9 editions
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The Last Kilo: Willy Falcon and the Cocaine Empire That Seduced America
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Born to Kill: The Rise and Fall of America's Bloodiest Asian Gang
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1995
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12 editions
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Whitey's Payback and Other True Stories of Gangsterism, Murder, Corruption and Revenge
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2013
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14 editions
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“If you can't appreciate what was, you will never understand what is.”
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"T.J. English is to mob writing what Michael Jordan is to basketball and Martin Scorsese is to filmmaking: the very best. In "Dangerous Rhythms," English tells the unseamly tale of the mafia's domination of the jazz business and oft-exploitive relatio"
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The Last Kilo: Willy Falcon and the Cocaine Empire That Seduced America:
"There is a reason this dude is my favorite author, his true crime books are always awesome like this one. The best book on the cocaine boom in Miami from the late 70’s through the early 90’s & the biggest group who controlled it, Los Muchachos & the "
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“It takes a special kind of ignorance to look in the face of history and learn nothing.”
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Born to Kill: The Rise and Fall of America's Bloodiest Asian Gang:
"I love this book so much, English rights in such a viceral and engaging way that makes the book feel personal. You can feel the fear and regret of the main character from the book. It's a great book for those interest in vietnamese american history o"
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“Re: crime. Writing about it is what keeps me from doing it.”
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“Whenever I encounter boozing, whoring, gambling, drug taking, or a dead body, I call it research and write it off on my taxes.”
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“Whenever I encounter boozing, whoring, gambling, drug taking, or a dead body, I call it research and write it off on my taxes." -- T.J. English”
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“Almost everything we know about contemporary public life, from wars to public policy to political affairs, etc, is propaganda. Truth, if you care to know it, is retrospective. It can only be found in history.”
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“If you don't understand the history of organized crime in America, you don't understand America.”
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