Hot shots and heavy hits : tales of an undercover drug agent / Paul E. Doyle ; foreword by Peter Kirby Manning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doyle, Paul E., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Doyle, Paul E., 1946-.

Drug control--United States--Case studies.

Drug enforcement agents--United States.

Drug enforcement agents.

Drug control.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 220 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2004]

Summary:

The mean streets of Boston in the 1970s played host to a nefarious underworld of pimps, pushers, and addicts, and Paul "Sully" Doyle was there. From Kenmore Square hippies to South Boston junkies to Combat Zone prostitutes, this undercover operative with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration met every type of unsavory character in town in his fight to bust violent rings of dope, coke, and smack dealers during a turbulent era in the city's history.

Now Special Agent Doyle bluntly chronicles the riveting, true stories from his years on the inside. He recalls his rookie days trying to infiltrate the criminal drug world under the tutelage of his veteran partner, through his coming of age as an experienced narc -- sharing keen observations on ruined lives, personal peril, and government red tape along the way. A former prizefighter not at all shy about punching his way out of trouble, the author divulges a candid, worm's-eye view of the drug war with all its blemishes and glories. With abiding humanity and graphic detail, the author richly describes exploits with junkie stool pigeons and hooker informants, college burnouts and Chinatown mobsters, ghetto pimps and violent thugs, bureaucratic obstacles and uncooperative foreign governments, and successful busts and brushes with death. Marijuana, cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, LSD -- no illegal substance failed to tempt those seeking the ultimate high, resulting in the long nights, sudden danger, and uncertain outcomes that faced Sully and his partners.

Contents:

Narcotic agent

Chinatown

Informant

Expired

Bad acid

A light in the darkness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1555536034

OCLC:

53330974