tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681306287721676137.post5803666561397587648..comments2024-02-07T15:58:36.649-08:00Comments on hardboiled wonderland: Massachusetts BlackUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681306287721676137.post-66132684237739845112015-09-21T11:57:26.603-07:002015-09-21T11:57:26.603-07:00Ellroy plot - that's an apt descriptionEllroy plot - that's an apt descriptionjedidiah ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601451789918885612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681306287721676137.post-57599875163520489972015-09-21T06:35:33.145-07:002015-09-21T06:35:33.145-07:00I Lived in Massachusetts in the mid-80s, and was a...I Lived in Massachusetts in the mid-80s, and was aware of William Bulger's reputation as the most powerful man in the Commonwealth, governor be damned. Read Howie Carr's THE BROTHERS BULGER a few years ago and thought it was a bit of a hatchet job as far as James was concerned, until I read BLACK MAS last year, and have read some of the reports that have come out since Whitey's arrest. No one could make shit up that goes beyond what he did. What Bulger and Connelly did rivals any James Ellroy plot. He'll be fodder for crime fiction forever.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.com