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As new condition black boards with silver spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Praise for Scores; Author Dedication; Prologue: Murders That Shocked the Big Apple; Epilogue: The Aftermath; and Acknowledgments. "The mob takes retribution seriously. And it has a long memory and they will find an opportunity, if possible, and they will kill Michael Blutrich." - Art Leach, former federal prosectutor and chief of the Organized Crime Task Force. "Scores is a compelling true crime book that takes readers on a wild ride. This book has it all - mobsters, strippers, extortion, G-men, and one unlikely FBI informant. Michael Blutrich has told a riveting tale that will keep readers entertained and enthralled." - Miles Corwin, author. "In Scores, we finally have the definitive insider memoir of the club that changed New York City nightlife forever. The book is a blockbuster ride revealing secrets held close since the 1990's" - Harvey Osher, Scores owner, 1998-2008. "As Michael's lawyer, I was present for many of the events he describes, and, unbelievalbe as it may seem, his story is true. His case is like no other I've encountered in my 40-year legal career . Even knowing how it would end, I couldn't put the book down until the final page." - Morris "Sandy" Weinberg, Jr., partner at Zuckerman Spaeder LLP and chair-elect of the ABA Criminal Justice Section. "Michael Blutrich, a smart lawyer from Brooklyn, was feeling pretty good when his new Upper East Side strip club became a must-visit destinaton for everyone from Leonoardo DiCaprio to Donald Trump. Then, a couple of hoods whacked two employees and things got very real, very fast. Soon, Blutrich became the least likely undercover agent the FBI ever had, wearing a wire against Gotham's biggest gangsters. But he kept his eyes open and his sense of humor, and the result is this great read." - Tom Robbins, investigative reporter and coauthor of Mob Boss. "A gay man who created New York's most notorious den of heterosexuality.an anxious, anything-but hardboiled lawyer who became one of the most successful undercover mob informants in history. In this hilarious and fascinating account, Michael Blutrich takes you inside starstudded 1990s New York, mafia sit-downs, and the witness protection program. Meet Michael D. Blutrich, founder of Scores, the hottest strip club in New York history. A resourceful lawyer at one of the city's most respected firms, Blutrich fell into the skin trade almost by accident, but it was his legal savvy that made Scores the first club in Mahhattan to feature lap dances and enabled him to neatly sidestep a law requiring dancers to wear pasties by instead covering their nipples with latex paint. Soon Scores, the club Howard Stern called "like being in a candy shop," was a home away from home for everyone from sports superstars and Oscar-winning actors to pop singers and political notables alike. The catch? The club was smack dab in John Gotti's territory, and the mafia wanted a piece of the action. The Gambino family doesn't take no for an answer. and neither, as it turns out, does the FBI. In his memoir, Blutrich recounts in detail how his beloved club became a hub for the mafia, and how he found himself caught up in an FBI investigation, sorely struggling to juggle roles of business owner and undercover spy. As his life spiraled out of control, Blutrich would face the loss of almost everything dear to him. But whether marching a line of topless strippers as human exhibits into a trial to save the club's liquor license or wearing wires to meeting with armed gangsters, he never lost his sense of humor or his nerve. In Scores, Blutrich finally tells all - from triumph to betrayal - in his own funny, self-deprecating voice." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 006162
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