A Criminal and an Irishman is the story of Pat Nee's life as an Irish immigrant and Southie son, a Marine, a convicted IRA gun smuggler, and a former violent rival and then associate of Whitey Bulger. His narrative transports the listener into the criminal underworld, inside planning and preparation for an armored car heist, inside gang wars and revenge killings. Nee details his evolution from tough street kid to armed robber to dangerous potential killer, and discloses for the first time how he used his underworld connections and know-how as a secret, Boston-based operative for the Irish Republican Army.
For years, Pat smuggled weapons and money from the United States to Ireland - in the bottoms of coffins, behind false panels of vans - leading up to a transatlantic shipment of seven and a half tons of munitions aboard the fishing trawler Valhalla. No other Southie underworld figure can match Pat's reputation for resolve and authenticity.
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"I couldn't put this down. Learned a fair bit about Irish history along the way; things that were more meaningful to read as a first-person account rather than straight out of the history books." — Heather (5 out of 5 stars)
"I couldn't put this down. Learned a fair bit about Irish history along the way; things that were more meaningful to read as a first-person account rather than straight out of the history books."
" Read it in 2 hours. Nothing really new or interesting here. "
" I grew up in Southie. I used to babysit in this guy's house. The next year he was arrested for shipping over $1 million in arms to the IRA. "
" Typical run of the mill gangster yarn ,replete with chest thumping hype. "
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