The French Connection: The World's Most Crucial Narcotics Investigation
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: clipped dj.
In the shadowy underworld of international drug trafficking, one investigation would change the face of law enforcement forever — The French Connection chronicles the true story of the most audacious narcotics bust in history, tracing the elaborate web of heroin smuggling that stretched from the poppy fields of Turkey through the criminal underworld of Marseille and into the streets of New York City. Robin Moore reconstructs, with gripping precision, the relentless detective work of New York City detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso, whose dogged pursuit of a French crime syndicate culminated in the seizure of over 100 pounds of pure heroin — a record-breaking haul that stunned the world in the early 1960s. Moore writes with the propulsive urgency of a thriller, yet never loses sight of the documentary truth at the heart of this extraordinary account, presenting a vivid portrait of mid-century organised crime and the institutional courage required to dismantle it. The book stands as a landmark of true crime literature, illustrating how corruption, chance, and sheer tenacity collide at the highest levels of international law enforcement — and raises uncomfortable questions about the narcotics trade that remain as urgent today as they were when the case first broke.
Author: Robin Moore
Format: Hardback
Genre: True crime
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: clipped dj.
In the shadowy underworld of international drug trafficking, one investigation would change the face of law enforcement forever — The French Connection chronicles the true story of the most audacious narcotics bust in history, tracing the elaborate web of heroin smuggling that stretched from the poppy fields of Turkey through the criminal underworld of Marseille and into the streets of New York City. Robin Moore reconstructs, with gripping precision, the relentless detective work of New York City detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso, whose dogged pursuit of a French crime syndicate culminated in the seizure of over 100 pounds of pure heroin — a record-breaking haul that stunned the world in the early 1960s. Moore writes with the propulsive urgency of a thriller, yet never loses sight of the documentary truth at the heart of this extraordinary account, presenting a vivid portrait of mid-century organised crime and the institutional courage required to dismantle it. The book stands as a landmark of true crime literature, illustrating how corruption, chance, and sheer tenacity collide at the highest levels of international law enforcement — and raises uncomfortable questions about the narcotics trade that remain as urgent today as they were when the case first broke.