01529nam a22002177a 4500 20230103091925.0 230103b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d AL eng 23 363.2 MAAS Peter Maas 68139 Serpico 23 363.2 MAAS 313p. PB 18x10cm. English THE CLASSIC TRUE STORY OF THE COP WHO COULDN'T BE BOUGHT "I don't think anyone can come away from Serpico without admiration for one man's lonely integrity." —New York Times With an Afterword by Frank Serpico The 1960s was a time of social and generational upheaval felt with particular intensity in the melting pot of New York City. A culture of corruption pervaded the New York Police Department, where payoffs, protection, and shakedowns of gambling rackets and drug dealers were common practice. The so-called blue code of silence protected the minority of crooked cops from the sanction of the majority. Into this maelstrom came a working class, Brooklyn-born, Italian cop with long hair, a beard, and a taste for opera and ballet. Frank Serpico was a man who couldn't be silenced—or bought—and he refused to go along with the system. He had sworn an oath to uphold the law, even if the perpetrators happened to be other cops. For this unwavering commitment to justice, Serpico nearly paid with his life. Police Corruption 68140 New York 68141 MAAS (Peter) 68142 ddc DB 226165 226165 0 0 ddc 0 0 OTH AL AL 2014-12-10 0 363.2 MAAS D05552 2023-01-03 00:00:00 2023-01-03 DB Donated by V. T. Rajshekar