Alphaville: 1988, Crime, Punishment, and the Battle for New York City's Lower East Side

by Michael Codella and Bruce Bennett

Book Overview

A raw, gritty memoir--part true-life cop thriller, part unputdownable history of a storied time and place--that will grip you by the throat until the explosive end Alphabet City in 1988 burned with heroin, radicalism, and anti-police sentiment. Working as a plainclothes narcotics cop in the most high-voltage neighborhood in Manhattan, Detective Sergeant Mike Codella earned the nickname "Rambo" from the local dealers, as well as a $50,000 bounty on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312592485
• ISBN13: 9780312592486
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"