Bombs, Bullets, and Bribes - Rick Porrello

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Résumé :
A 2020 International Book Awards True Crime Award Finalist! From the author of To Kill the Irishman, basis for the movie Kill the Irishman, here is Alex Shondor Birns--Public Enemy Number One, friend of powerful Jewish and Italian mobsters, and trusted partner of black gambling racketeers. He went toe-to-toe against relentless challenges--the cops wanted him in prison, immigration officials wanted him deported, and the IRS wanted his nightclub, car, and cash. Black gangsters wanted the old white man out of the numbers racket, and rogue underlings wanted to kill the king. One protege in particular had Birns on the ropes in a high-finance mystery stretching from the US to Israel, and Canada to Cuba. Then along came Ellie, a second-grade schoolteacher thirty-three years his junior. She was an unlikely paramour and ally, but clearly smitten with Shon. For half a century, the charismatic hood beat the odds, cultivating allies high and low, including ambitious reporters whose career he helped build via blazing front-page coverage. Combine the name Shondor Birns with stories of bribes, bullets, and bombs, and it sold newspapers. It was this notoriety that Shondor embraced through the decades as his turbulent story was memorialized. Until, that is, it reached a shocking crescendo. Midwest Book Review says, Just the right blend of high drama, criminal introspection and biography... Compelling reading with a lively tone. ...

Biographie:
Rick Porrello wears several hats. He is a Cleveland-area police chief and author of The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia. Porrello began writing this first book during research into the murders of his grandfather and three uncles who were mob leaders killed in Prohibition-era violence. Published in 1995 by Barricade Books of New York City, it quickly became a regional favorite. His 1998 book, To Kill the Irishman, the definitive story of mobster Danny Greene, was optioned for a motion picture. It was adapted for the 2011 movie Kill the Irishman starring Ray Stevenson and Vincent D'Onofrio. Rick's most recent title is Superthief - A Master Burglar, the Mafia and the Biggest Bank Heist in U.S. History. It is under option for a motion picture. Porrello conducts presentations based on his books about Cleveland Mafia history, and his writing and publishing journey. He is also an accomplished jazz drummer having spent two-and-a-half years traveling worldwide with the Sammy Davis Jr....

Sommaire:
Rick Porrello wears several hats. He is a Cleveland-area police chief and author of The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia. Porrello began writing this first book during research into the murders of his grandfather and three uncles who were mob leaders killed in Prohibition-era violence. Published in 1995 by Barricade Books of New York City, it quickly became a regional favorite. His 1998 book, To Kill the Irishman, the definitive story of mobster Danny Greene, was optioned for a motion picture. It was adapted for the 2011 movie Kill the Irishman starring Ray Stevenson and Vincent D'Onofrio. Rick's most recent title is Superthief - A Master Burglar, the Mafia and the Biggest Bank Heist in U.S. History. It is under option for a motion picture. Porrello conducts presentations based on his books about Cleveland Mafia history, and his writing and publishing journey. He is also an accomplished jazz drummer having spent two-and-a-half years traveling worldwide with the Sammy Davis Jr....