This true-crime memoir tells the story of Kevin Weeks, a kid from a tough neighborhood who grew up to become a boxer, a bouncer, and, finally, a brutal enforcer for and the right-hand man to James "Whitey" Bulger (brother of corrupt Massachusetts politician William Bulger), who ran an Irish organized crime syndicate in Boston?s "Southie" neighborhood for more than 25 years before going on the lam in 1994. When Weeks was arrested in 1999, he learned that Bulger had been a FBI informant, and decided to turn state?s evidence himself, confessing to a whole series of crimes, all of which he details in this candid account.

The former deputy, partner, and trusted confidante of James J. "Whitey" Bulger, head of Boston's Irish mob describes his more than twenty-year career at the side of the notorious fugitive and underworld boss, sharing inside details of the violence, crimes, intrigues, and murders of Bulger's crime empire.

The former deputy, partner, and trusted confidante of James J. "Whitey" Bulger, head of Boston's Irish mob describes his more than twenty-year career at the side of the notorious fugitive and underworld boss, sharing inside details of the violence, crimes, intrigues, and murders of Bulger's crime empire.