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Title: Kenny O: An Untold Story from the Annals of NYPD
Author: Tony Attanasio, Howard Hellman
Narrator: James Romick
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-03-17
Publisher: ANTHONY ATTANASIO
Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime
Publisher's Summary:
During the 1970s New York City was a mecca for heroin and cocaine usage, with addiction a major health concern. The majority of these drugs were trafficked and sold by traditional organized crime families such as the Gambino, Bonnano, and Genovese LCN clans. One location where these groups planned, trafficked, and sold these drugs - affectionately called Boy for heroin and Girl for cocaine - was in the Bronx.
A special unit was put together to gather information on these groups and subsequently dismantle their networks. This unit of the NYPD, under the auspices of the Organized Crime Control Bureau, was able to accomplish this through many hard-working hours and the assistance of an informant, namely Kenny O.
The members of this group were diverse in nature, speaking Spanish and Italian as well as the Sicilian dialect. This memoir is the actual story of the relationship of Kenny O and Tony Pesca, the NYPD officer assigned to work with Kenny O in an undercover capacity to infiltrate these groups which included several violent and sociopathic members who eventually placed both Kenny O and Tony Pesca in harms way.
Kenny O was bright and had a humorous personality which led to a few cases that bring laughter to the listener. This story brings to the listener the life events of both Tony Pesca and Kenny O that led to their relationship.
But the success they achieved is unmatched in bringing down several notorious traffickers and contract killers. Additional information from Kenny O led to the conviction and incarceration of the head of the Gambino LCN family - John Gotti.
Members Reviews:
A really well written book.
I picked this book because I never read a book before from a real cop. I found it interesting that he shared so much of the things that went on in his career with the reader. With all the bad press and publicity cops have been receiving lately, it nice to see something good writing about them.
KENNY O - AN UNTOLD STORY FROM THE ANNALS OF NYPD
An incredible true story as told by an extraordinary man, who lived this life. He was an Under Cover
NARC Officer that worked for the NYPD'S 47 Precinct, 8th Narcotics District. And, later with various other law enforcement agencies. Kenny O was a NARC informant. The honesty, friendship,
and trustworthiness of these two, working together, was dependent upon their survival. This book will keep you on pins and needles. A must read...
Gale B. Farr 04/09/2017
KENNY O
I am always intrigued to read non fiction accounts of undercover police work. Having known a Baltimore City police officer who worked undercover for years and his tales of working undercover in vice and then homocide...I was very interested to read Kenny O.
Kenny O was a book that catches your interest at once, you want to keep reading...even though you are nodding off to sleep (I read it mostly at night on my Kindle Fire). I am a native New Yorker from Brooklyn, so many of the places in the book were familiar to me as well. The author writes very well and makes you feel like you are riding along with him and going to the places he is going. He reveals to you his thoughts,emotions, sometimes sprinkling them with humor. In a nutshell a good read, you won't be disappointed. Looking forward to Mr.Attanasio's next book which I have downloaded to my Kindle.
A real cop's story
This is a GREAT book.
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Title: Kenny O: An Untold Story from the Annals of NYPD
Author: Tony Attanasio, Howard Hellman
Narrator: James Romick
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-03-17
Publisher: ANTHONY ATTANASIO
Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime
Publisher's Summary:
During the 1970s New York City was a mecca for heroin and cocaine usage, with addiction a major health concern. The majority of these drugs were trafficked and sold by traditional organized crime families such as the Gambino, Bonnano, and Genovese LCN clans. One location where these groups planned, trafficked, and sold these drugs - affectionately called Boy for heroin and Girl for cocaine - was in the Bronx.
A special unit was put together to gather information on these groups and subsequently dismantle their networks. This unit of the NYPD, under the auspices of the Organized Crime Control Bureau, was able to accomplish this through many hard-working hours and the assistance of an informant, namely Kenny O.
The members of this group were diverse in nature, speaking Spanish and Italian as well as the Sicilian dialect. This memoir is the actual story of the relationship of Kenny O and Tony Pesca, the NYPD officer assigned to work with Kenny O in an undercover capacity to infiltrate these groups which included several violent and sociopathic members who eventually placed both Kenny O and Tony Pesca in harms way.
Kenny O was bright and had a humorous personality which led to a few cases that bring laughter to the listener. This story brings to the listener the life events of both Tony Pesca and Kenny O that led to their relationship.
But the success they achieved is unmatched in bringing down several notorious traffickers and contract killers. Additional information from Kenny O led to the conviction and incarceration of the head of the Gambino LCN family - John Gotti.
Members Reviews:
A really well written book.
I picked this book because I never read a book before from a real cop. I found it interesting that he shared so much of the things that went on in his career with the reader. With all the bad press and publicity cops have been receiving lately, it nice to see something good writing about them.
KENNY O - AN UNTOLD STORY FROM THE ANNALS OF NYPD
An incredible true story as told by an extraordinary man, who lived this life. He was an Under Cover
NARC Officer that worked for the NYPD'S 47 Precinct, 8th Narcotics District. And, later with various other law enforcement agencies. Kenny O was a NARC informant. The honesty, friendship,
and trustworthiness of these two, working together, was dependent upon their survival. This book will keep you on pins and needles. A must read...
Gale B. Farr 04/09/2017
KENNY O
I am always intrigued to read non fiction accounts of undercover police work. Having known a Baltimore City police officer who worked undercover for years and his tales of working undercover in vice and then homocide...I was very interested to read Kenny O.
Kenny O was a book that catches your interest at once, you want to keep reading...even though you are nodding off to sleep (I read it mostly at night on my Kindle Fire). I am a native New Yorker from Brooklyn, so many of the places in the book were familiar to me as well. The author writes very well and makes you feel like you are riding along with him and going to the places he is going. He reveals to you his thoughts,emotions, sometimes sprinkling them with humor. In a nutshell a good read, you won't be disappointed. Looking forward to Mr.Attanasio's next book which I have downloaded to my Kindle.
A real cop's story
This is a GREAT book.