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Gangland

How the FBI Broke the Mob

by Howard Blum
Jerry Orbach
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In the bestselling tradition of Wiseguy and Boss of Bosses — the inside story of the fall of the "Teflon Don"

The team: A handpicked squad of FBI agents — led by a war hero determined to get the job done. The target: John Gotti, the seemingly invincible head of the richest and most powerful crime of modern-day Untouchables, the FBI's C-16 Organized Crime squad, who finally ended the cocky crime lord's reign of terror.

Drawing on unprecedented access to FBI records and agents, bestselling author and prize-winning journalist Howard Blum tells the riveting and suspenseful story behind the headlines. Here is the deadly game of cat and mouse that pitted Gotti, his ruthless henchmen and his elusive law-enforcement mole against the Bureau.

It is a tale of courage, murder and betrayal. From Mafia backrooms to FBI squad rooms, from the high-tech electronic invasion of Gotti's headquarters to the desperate effort to expose the mole, Gangland is more shocking than fiction — an instant Mafia classic.

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  • Release date

    December 1, 1993

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780743547543
      • File size: 81671 KB
      • Duration: 02:50:08

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Investigative reporter Howard Blum tells how an elite FBI squad brought mobster John Gotti to justice after six years of pursuit. Actor Jerry Orbach had developed an outstanding career playing the quintessential cop, and his talent adds greatly to the recording. His dry "just the facts" reading provides a documentary style, and he occasionally uses Italian accents to distinguish among a large cast of speakers. The abridgment makes the story fast-paced and clipped; at times, shifts between scenes are abrupt. This won't bother those who want a good story while commuting or jogging, but listeners who want to know all of the details will do better to read the book. J.L. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 4, 1993
      A blockbuster, this suspenseful and superbly written expose by former New York Times reporter Blum ( I Pledge Allegiance . . . The Story of the Walker Spy Family ) will surely hit the headlines. Blum chronicles the struggle from 1987 to 1992 to build a flawless case against Gambino Family boss John Gotti by the FBI's C-16 squad, a latter-day incarnation of Elliot Ness's Untouchables. Gotti appeared virtually untouchable himself after he was tried and found innocent three times for various crimes. Courageously, the electronics expert on the team was able to bug the ``Teflon Don's'' headquarters and other meeting places. Along the way, leader Bruce Mouw and his co-workers uncovered two Gotti moles--one a deputy court clerk, the other a NYPD officer assigned to Intelligence--as well as an instance of jury tampering. The case was clinched when Gotti's No. 2 man, Sammy ``The Bull'' Gravano, turned informant. Gotti was convicted and sentenced to life with no possibility of parole. First serial to New York magazine; movie rights to Columbia Pictures; paperback rights to Pocket Books.

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 1, 2002
      Former New York Times reporter Blum reveals how the FBI captured mob leader John Gotti, an investigation that lasted seven years and cost $75 million.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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