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**"This is the definitive story of Whitey Bulger…a masterwork of reporting." ―Michael Connelly, best-selling author of *The Black Box*** *A New York Times Bestseller* *A #1 Boston Globe Bestseller* An instant classic, this unforgettable narrative, rich with family ties and intrigue, follows the astonishing career of a gangster whose life was more sensational than fiction. Cullen and Murphy have broken more Bulger stories than anyone, and *Whitey Bulger* became front-page news, revealing the mobster's secret letters written from Plymouth Jail after the sixteen-year manhunt that led to his capture and offering unparalleled insight into his contradictions and complex personality. The afterword covering the results of the dramatic and emotional trial provides a riveting denouement to this "eminently fair and thorough telling of a life, which makes it all the more damning" (*Boston Globe*). 16 pages of photographs ** ### Review “A terrific book…A portrait of its subject in all his complexity.” (David Ulin - Los Angeles Times) “In the same way that J. Anthony Lukas’s *Common Ground* is essential to understanding Boston's racial history, *Whitey Bulger* is an authoritative treatise on the city's late-20th-century underworld.” (Sean Flynn - Boston Globe) “A great read…So many terrific, amazing stories.” (Dave Davies - NPR's Fresh Air) “Riveting.” (The Economist) “Easily the best story about crime I've read.” (Jimmy Breslin, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author of The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight and The Good Rat) “This is the definitive story of Whitey Bulger. As much social documentary as riveting crime story, the book is a masterwork of reporting by Cullen and Murphy. I couldn’t put it down.” (Michael Connelly, best-selling author of The Black Box) “This is *the* Whitey Bulger book by the two expert journalists who know the turf best.” (Michael Patrick MacDonald, best-selling author of All Souls: A Family Story from Southie) ### About the Author Kevin Cullen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has written for the Boston Globe since 1985, was the first to raise questions about Whitey Bulger's relationship with the FBI. A frequent commentator on NPR and the BBC, Cullen has won major journalism prizes including the Goldsmith Prize, the George Polk Award, and the Selden Ring Award. Shelley Murphy has covered Whitey Bulger and organized crime in Boston since 1985, beginning at the Boston Herald and moving to the Globe in 1993. She has won a George Polk Award for National Reporting.