While the Departed may seem like it's loosely based on Whitey it's actually all fiction. In fact it's a remake of a movie done in Hong Kong called Internal Affairs (translated)
Ya the books really get into different stuff. The book Hitman focuses on Johnny Martorano, an Italian contract killer who worked in town. It tells you all about the Winter Hill gang (whitey's gang), the mafia and crooked cops that were into all kinds of fucked up shit and it's done from Martorano"s perspective. The writer Howie Carr is well known especially around here as he writes for the Boston Herald and is pretty much the authority on Whitey
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i knew it wasnt a biography on him buti thought it was somewhat loosly based upon him...after i posted that yesterday, i spent over an hour going threw whiteys wiki page and everyone else for the most part who is linked off his page..is that guy youre talking aboutthe guy who admitted to killing 15 people but copped a plea and only got like 12 yearsand was paroleld in like 7?
i wanna fuck some boston southie bitch with that accent and saying things like "wicked"..i dont know if i could marry a boston bitch but i could deal with her for a night or 2..now id marry a bitch from england or ireland just on accent alone lol