Author: Paul Lieberman
- Fiction
- Santillana USA Publishing Company
- ISBN: 978-8466327251
- Release Date: 04-25-2013
Synopsis
El bestseller que ha inspirado la película, dirigida por Ruben Fleischer y protagonizada por Sean Penn y Ryan Gosling.
Gangster Squad (Brigada de Élite) es una novela perfecta, documentada con entrevistas obtenidas de los propios protagonistas, periódicos de la época y archivos de hemeroteca. Con una trama que recorre en profundidad los principales eventos ocurridos entre las décadas de los 30 y los 50 del pasado siglo xx.Basada en hechos reales, nos adentra en los oscuros días en que los gánsteres dominaban la ciudad de Los Angeles a base de soborno y extorsión, y controlaban el negocio de la prostitución, el juego ilegal y las armas. Es entonces cuando el Departamento de Policía lanza a sus calles una brigada especial que luchará contra el crimen organizado.
A harrowing, edge-of-your-seat narrative of murder and secrets, revenge and heroism in the City of Angels—the real events behind the blockbuster Warner Brothers film starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.
GANGSTER SQUAD chronicles the true story of the secretive police unit that waged an anything-goes war to drive Mickey Cohen and other hoodlums from Los Angeles after WWII. In 1946, the LAPD launched the Gangster Squad with eight men who met covertly on street corners and slept with Tommy guns under their beds. But for two cops, all that mattered was nailing the strutting gangster Mickey Cohen. Sgt. Jack O’Mara was a square-jawed church usher, Sgt. Jerry Wooters a cynical maverick. About all they had in common was their obsession. So O’Mara set a trap to prove Mickey was a killer. And Wooters formed an alliance with Mickey’s budding rival, Jack “The Enforcer” Whalen. Two cops -- two hoodlums. Their fates collided in the closing days of the 1950s, when late one night “The Enforcer” confronted Mickey and his crew. The aftermath would shake both LA’s mob and police department, and signal the end of a defining era in the city’s history.
