A review by jhalloran99
Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob by Dick Lehr

2.0

Reading this book was a struggle, but I had to finish it considering it's been on my to-read list for about a decade. Lehr and O'Neill thoroughly investigated and researched the case of Bulger, Flemmi, Connelly, and Morris, but Jesus, they read like a text book. I think I must have been reading their articles in the Globe growing up everytime my dad tried to force the newspaper on me. Snoozefest.

I will say I found it funny how when this was written in 2000 the "roving bug" was considered the "most dangerous government intrusion" in light of the more recent discussions around the Patriot Act. Privacy? A thing of the past.

This book scared me. I've always known the general story of Bulger, but the extent of the corruption in this case really makes me doubt the system.