I read this shortly after it was published and found it a fascinating study of the "Irish Mafia" in Boston. With the Whitey Bulger trial now ended and his connection with the Winter Hill Gang documented and proven in court, new readers may want to pick up this book and The Irish Corsicans: Sequel to Loyalty.
Disclaimer: Jack Curry is former president of Northeastern University and I worked with him when he was executive vice president in the 1970s and I was on the faculty during his tenure as president.
Vividly described scenes, interactions, customs and acurate street names and places brought me there again. As a Lynn resident during those years memories flooded back. I could feel the hard wet sand of Kings beach under my bare feet and smell the starfish that I insisted on bringing home in a bucket dying.
Being from the North shore area it was kinda cool to read about places I am so familiar with …. The story is a crime story and it was a good, easy read !