{"product_id":"the-weasel-a-double-life-in-the-mob-9780470964514","title":"The Weasel: A Double Life in the Mob","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the world of organized crime the bosses grab the headlines  as the names Capone  Gotti  Bonnano  Cotroni and Rizzuto attest. But a crime family has many working parts and the young mobster known as The Weasel was the epitome of a crucial  invisible cog-the soldier  the muscle  the driver  the gopher. By a quirk of fate  Marvin Elkind-later The Weasel-was placed in the foster home of a tough gangster family  immersing him from the age of nine in a daring world of con men  cheats  bootleggers  loan sharks  bank robbers  leg breakers and Mafia bosses. During a Golden Age of underworld life in New York  Detroit and across Canada  The Weasel found himself working with a surprising cast of colourful characters. He befriended powerful gangsters by smuggling bottles of Scotch to their tables as a waiter at New Yorks famed Copacabana; he was pushed to be Jimmy Hoffas chauffeur. But his disenchantment with the broken promises of mob life brought him into another fraternity  one offering the same adrenaline rush  danger and dark comedy he craved. After a startling confrontation  he was embraced by law enforcement  and a cop with a reputation for results. Now a career informant  The Weasel learned he was a far better fink than he ever was a crook. With his impeccable gangland pedigree  enormous girth  cold stare and sausage-like fingers adorned with chunky rings  no one questioned The Weasels loyalty. The backroom doors were flung open and The Weasel slipped in  bringing undercover cops with him. For case after case over two decades  he worked for the FBI  U.S. Customs  Scotland Yard  RCMP  Ontario Provincial Police and other law enforcement agencies on three continents  trapping and betraying mobsters  mercenaries  spies  drug traffickers  pornographers  union fat cats and corrupt politicians. With unflinching honesty  The Weasel and many of the undercover officers he worked with revealed their successes and failures to award-winning crime reporter and best-selling author Adrian Humphreys. The Weasel is the riveting chronicle of a unique and engaging figure who lived a most dangerous and rare experience. It is a story that was never supposed to be told.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646841577525,"sku":"ByrdShop_0470964510","price":43.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780470964514.jpg?v=1781679059","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-weasel-a-double-life-in-the-mob-9780470964514","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}