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Biographies & Memoirs

Serpico

Serpico
- Serpico by Peter Maas
- Serpico
- Cops, Detectives
- Corruption, Payoffs, Blue Code of Silence
- New York City Police Department
It is the late sixties, a time of intense social and generational upheaval. Into this maelstrom came a man who broke the mold. A working class, Brooklyn-born, Italian cop with long hair, a beard, and a taste for operaand ballet. Most of all, Frank Serpico was a man who couldn't be silenced -- or bought.
For years a culture of corruption had pervaded the New York City Police Department. Police payoffs, protection, and shakedowns of gambling rackets and drug dealers were common practice. The so-called bluecode of silence protected the minority of crooked cops from the sanction of the majority.
Country USA
Manufacturer Viking
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 1973-05-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780670634989

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