
John Florio
Author and journalist; contributor to The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Nation, and ESPN. Faculty @ Stonecoast MFA.
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Dec 16, 2023 |
barnesandnoble.com | John Florio |Ouisie Shapiro
1971. Brooklyn, New York. Undercover cop Frank Serpico is knocking on a drug dealer’s door. His partners are there to back him up, but when the door opens, he’s staring down the barrel of a gun—and his partners are nowhere to be found. For more than a century, the New York Police Department had been plagued by corruption, with cops openly taking bribes from gamblers and drug dealers. Not Serpico. He refused to take dirty money and fought to shed light on the dark underbelly of the NYPD.
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Dec 16, 2023 |
kirkusreviews.com | John Florio |Ouisie Shapiro |Adam Eli |Hannah Testa
Gritty and inspiring, if light on specific details. A profile of the maverick undercover officer who exposed widespread corruption in the New York City Police Department. In this concise work, readers get an overview of the colorful lifestyle of Italian American Frank Serpico, who was played by Al Pacino in the 1973 movie Serpico.
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Aug 29, 2016 |
newyorker.com | Andy Borowitz |Jia Tolentino |John Florio |Hendrik Hertzberg
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