Brutal: The Untold Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger's Irish Mob
by Kevin Weeks, Phyllis Karas
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Author: Kevin Weeks, Phyllis KarasEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2006-03-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Regan Books
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Book Review: 5 stars or you too could be on Weeks "List"
Summary: 5 Stars
That's the kind of guy Kevin Weeks comes off as,a plain and simple bully,but at least honest.The book is full of one-sided accounts of people Weeks brutally beat up or murdered,where he acted as judge,jury,and executioner.His defense,they were all "players" and pretty much asked for it.Yet some of these victims come off as extreme "fringe" players like the girl they murdered for "stripping" and having knowledge of some of Weeks criminal activities.
Fortunately for Weeks the government uses "BAD GUYS" to round up other "BAD GUYS",otherwise he should have been made to pay the worst penalty for his nefarious activities.The story starts out telling his tale of woes being raised in the "projects" of South Boston,high school days and then working as a bouncer in a local bar.From here his criminal career really escalates,even though ironically his brothers go to Harvard.Kevin moves on to "shakedowns and loansharking" and graduates to murder,although insisting throughout the book only for "self defense".
The end of the book gets really interesting when he details the activities of "crooked cops" and FBI. There were 1 or 2 agents actually convicted on Weeks "States Evidence",so he is believable.Reminds me of a Clint Eastwood film when Dirty Harry,states in regard to a recently released criminal,"we'll hear from him again"Why--"Cause he likes it"!!This is the way Weeks comes off in the book,but at the end the author stresses Weeks is trying to live the clean life now.
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