| The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption Contributor(s): Ingle, Bob (Author), McClure, Sandy (Author) |
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ISBN: 031260257X ISBN-13: 9780312602574 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Conspiracy Theories - Political Science | American Government - General - True Crime | Organized Crime |
| Dewey: 364.132 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.90 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
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| Publisher Description: The New York Times Bestseller New Jersey leads the country in corruption The Soprano State details the you-couldn't-make-this-up true story of the corruption that has pervaded New Jersey politics, government, and business for the past thirty years. From Jimmy Hoffa purportedly being buried somewhere beneath the end zone in Giants Stadium, through allegations of a thoroughly corrupt medical and dental university, through Mafia influence at all levels, the Garden State might indeed be better named after the HBO mobsters. Where else would: - A state attorney general show up after police pulled over her boyfriend who was driving without a valid license? - A state senator and mayor of Newark (the same guy) spend thousands of dollars of taxpayers' money on a junket to Rio days before leaving office? - A politically connected developer hire a prostitute to tape sex acts with his own brother-in-law and then send the tape to his sister? Only in the Soprano State. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ingle, Bob: - BOB INGLE is coauthor of the New York Times Best Seller The Soprano State (St. Martin's Press, 2008) which was made into a 2011 documentary film. He is an award-winning, veteran journalist, and is currently senior political columnist for Gannett New Jersey newspapers, which carry his syndicated column, Politics Patrol. His political blog is read in all fifty states and more than seventy countries and his commentary is heard by 1 million people on the Millennium Radio Network. He is part of the 101.5 FM program "The Jersey Guys," the most listened to FM afternoon drive time talk show in America.McClure, Sandy: - Sandy McClure is a veteran political reporter. Her work is read by more than a million people daily. |