Book description
With a new introduction by the author.
The true, absorbing and sometimes frightening documentary of the world's most successful narcotics investigation, The French Connection is one of the most fascinating crime accounts of our time. When New York City detectives Eddie "Popeye" Egan and his partner Sonny Grosso routinely tail…
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1 author picked The French Connection as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Like Friends of Eddie Coyle, this book was adapted into a popular movie, though it was heavily fictionalized. This book tells the true story of how a French-Mafia narcotics smuggling ring was broken up, and in this case the truth is far more fascinating than the fiction.
Moore was given access to the police involved in the case, and he provided amazing details on the work they did to crack the case. This book destroys the myth that the Mafia was not involved in narcotics when, in fact, that was a huge money-maker back in the early 1960s.
From Gary's list on capture the reality of organized crime.
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