Covert: My Years Infiltrating The Mob
New York: Union Square Press, 2008. First edition. Softcover. Softcover. Very good, faint crease top right corner front cover. 276 pp. with index. Foreword by Bill Walton. Illustrated with photos. In 1975,must a year and a half into his career as a New Jersey State Trooper, Bob Delaney was was approached with a tantalizing undercover assignment ---infiltrate the Mob. Delaney accepted and became Bobby Covert, president of a North Jersey trucking company used by law enforcement as fly-paper for snagging wiseguys. He operated for three years undercover, even crossing paths with Joe Pistone (the real-life Donnie Brasco) thought neither knew the other was undercover. He gathered enough evident to convict 30 Mob members. But the psychological after-effects on Delaney were serious---he struggles with PTSD and Stockholm syndrome, went into a tailspin and found help only after a chance meeting with an old college psychology professor and a period of informal therapy. A former high school basketball officiator, he returned to the hardwood and eventually became a referee in the NBA. Very Good. Item #E36751
ISBN: 9781402754432
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