Reminiscent of the best of George V. Higgins, former criminal defense attorney Robert Glinski's THE FRIENDSHIP OF CRIMINALS explodes off the page with the crackling intensity of Scorcese's THE DEPARTED.
The friendship of criminals: a novel
β Scribed by United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation;United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.;Glinski, Robert
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press; Minotaur Books
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 173 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.
- ISBN
- 1466851023
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β¦ Synopsis
Reminiscent of the best of George V. Higgins, former criminal defense attorney Robert Glinski's The friendship of criminals explodes off the page with the crackling intensity of Scorsese's The Departed. When a new head of the Italian mob threatens Port Richmond's long entrenched Polish crime boss Anton Bielakowski the various criminal factions of Philadelphia don't know who to trust and the promise of war simmers in the underworld. With the help of the FBI monitoring Anton's every move, it's all just a question of who's going to go to jail first ... or die. A debut novel.
β¦ Subjects
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
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