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Culmination
Only a madman or a genius would attempt to steal millions of dollars from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in the heart of Washington, D.C.!
Culmination is the story of John Sullivan, Brooklyn ex-con, Vietnam veteran, street criminal, and drug dealer, who plans and executes a successful robbery of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The BEP is responsible for the printing and distribution of all United States currency used throughout the world.
It is 1960 in Brooklyn, New York. John Sullivan grows up a street criminal, and is arrested after stealing a car and delivering it to a local chop-shop operator. John is given a choice: go to jail or enlist in the Army. John is sent to Vietnam, where he joins the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol, a special-operations unit. During a series of seemingly uncoordinated experiences in which he becomes a middleman in a CIA drug-running operation, John is trained to become a stone-cold killer, and also learns how to design, plan, and execute complex missions. These Vietnam experiences help him to plan the Big Heist.
John meets Ben Lucarello in prison after a failed drug deal. Lucarello, a bank robber with over 20 successful jobs, helps the Sullivan Gang plan and execute the most sophisticated and fantastic robbery in U.S. history!
Culmination is the story of John Sullivan, Brooklyn ex-con, Vietnam veteran, street criminal, and drug dealer, who plans and executes a successful robbery of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The BEP is responsible for the printing and distribution of all United States currency used throughout the world.
It is 1960 in Brooklyn, New York. John Sullivan grows up a street criminal, and is arrested after stealing a car and delivering it to a local chop-shop operator. John is given a choice: go to jail or enlist in the Army. John is sent to Vietnam, where he joins the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol, a special-operations unit. During a series of seemingly uncoordinated experiences in which he becomes a middleman in a CIA drug-running operation, John is trained to become a stone-cold killer, and also learns how to design, plan, and execute complex missions. These Vietnam experiences help him to plan the Big Heist.
John meets Ben Lucarello in prison after a failed drug deal. Lucarello, a bank robber with over 20 successful jobs, helps the Sullivan Gang plan and execute the most sophisticated and fantastic robbery in U.S. history!
238 pages, Paperback
First published March 3, 2009
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January 30, 2014
Crime can be enticing, exciting to a young kid. The kid grows up but the wonder lust for riches doesn't cease but increases his drive to make that one score that will set him for life.
Sullivan’s Crimeography takes on the world of crime with a flair for the known and unknown. Michael Spitzkoff has created a story that readers of crime fiction will appreciate. The story unravels at a nice pace keeping the reader immersed in the tale.
The plot is adventurous and it works. The author doesn't detract from the main character, John Sullivan’s personality. From beginning to end John Sullivan is a one dimensional protagonist with one singular goal in life, to be rich. Slaving nine to five is not for him, ergo his fascination with criminal infringements. The thought of going straight is gone quicker than hot wiring a car.
Sullivan’s Crimeography takes the real BEP Heist in the 1950’s a step further in the inventive mind of author Michael Spitzkoff, breaking down steps taken by the culprits involved; master minding and executing their plan. In the end you have to wonder did crime really pay for them.
Sullivan’s Crimeography takes on the world of crime with a flair for the known and unknown. Michael Spitzkoff has created a story that readers of crime fiction will appreciate. The story unravels at a nice pace keeping the reader immersed in the tale.
The plot is adventurous and it works. The author doesn't detract from the main character, John Sullivan’s personality. From beginning to end John Sullivan is a one dimensional protagonist with one singular goal in life, to be rich. Slaving nine to five is not for him, ergo his fascination with criminal infringements. The thought of going straight is gone quicker than hot wiring a car.
Sullivan’s Crimeography takes the real BEP Heist in the 1950’s a step further in the inventive mind of author Michael Spitzkoff, breaking down steps taken by the culprits involved; master minding and executing their plan. In the end you have to wonder did crime really pay for them.
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