Overview
In Deal with the Devil, five-time Emmy Award–winning investigative reporter Peter Lance draws on three decades of once-secret FBI files to tell the definitive story of Greg Scarpa Sr., a Mafia capo who “stopped counting” after fifty murders, while secretly betraying the Colombo crime family as a Top Echelon FBI informant. Lance traces Scarpa’s shadowy relationship with the FBI all the way back to 1960, when his debriefings went straight to J. Edgar Hoover. In forty-two years of murder and racketeering, Scarpa served only thirty days in jail thanks to his secret relationship with the Feds. This is the untold story that will rewrite Mafia history as we know it —a page-turning work of journalism that reads like a Scorsese film. Deal with the Devil includes more than 130 illustrations, crime scene photos, and never-before-seen FBI documents.
Full Product Details
Author: Peter Lance
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
Dimensions:
Width: 13.50cm
, Height: 3.80cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.553kg
ISBN: 9780061455360
ISBN 10: 0061455369
Pages: 672
Publication Date: 14 August 2014
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
An exhaustive examination into the life and crimes of Mafia capo Gregory Scarpa Sr. and his questionable decades long relationship with the FBI. . . extensively researched. . .Aficionados of Mafia history and those concerned with FBI corruption will find this thorough investigation satisfying. --Kirkus Reviews
Deal with the Devil is a blistering account of a cunning and brutal Mafia capo... Packed with revelations, it offers the most penetrating look into the inner workings of the Mafia since The Valachi Papers. -- Nicholas Gage [A] thrilling account... This scrupulously investigated tale... will have true crime fans on the edge of their seats -- Publishers Weekly, starred review A meticulously researched and frightening account of the long term relationship between the FBI and vicious Mafia thug Gregory Scarpa Sr... Stunning revelations. -- Booklist An exhaustive examination into the life and crimes of Mafia capo Gregory Scarpa Sr. and his questionable decades long relationship with the FBI... extensively researched...Aficionados of Mafia history and those concerned with FBI corruption will find this thorough investigation satisfying. -- Kirkus Reviews The perfect mix of thorough research and gripping storytelling. -- NPR An impressive piece of work... This is a book that has true potential to change history. -- Crimespree Magazine
Author Information
Peter Lance is a five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist. Also the author of the groundbreaking 1000 Years for Revenge, Cover Up, and Triple Cross, he is a former correspondent for ABC News and has covered hundreds of stories worldwide for 20/20, Nightline, and World News Tonight. Among his other awards are the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Prize and the Sevellon Brown Award from the Associated Press Managing Editor’s Association. Lance lives in Santa Barbara, California.
