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    All the Centurions: A New York City Cop Remembers His Years on the Street, 1961-1981
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    All the Centurions: A New York City Cop Remembers His Years on the Street, 1961-1981

    By Robert Leuci

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    The bestselling book and acclaimed film Prince of the City told only part of Robert Leuci's story. In All the Centurions, he shares the full account of his years as a narcotics detective with the New York Police Department -- a tale of daring adventure, shattered illusions, and finally, astonishing spiritual growth.

    Leuci reminisces about cops both celebrated and notorious, like Frank Serpico, Sonny Grosso, and Frank King from the French Connection case. Also here are politicians, Mafia figures, corrupt defense lawyers, and district attorneys, including a young Rudolph Giuliani. Leuci reveals the dark side of the criminal justice system: the bitterness, greed, cruelty, and ambition that eventually overflowed into the streets, precinct houses, and courtrooms of the city.

    As vivid and entertaining as the best crime novels, All the Centurions is the story of a man descending into a hell of his own making who ultimately finds his way out through truth and justice.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061850097
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    All the Centurions: A New York City Cop Remembers His Years on the Street, 1961-1981
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    Robert Leuci

    A narcotics detective in New York City for more than twenty years, Robert Leuci is the author of several books, including Blaze. He lives in Rhode Island.

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    • 4/5
      A no holds bared account of policing in NY City from 1961-1981 written by former NYPD officer Robert Leuci. He takes you from his days as rookie, to a patrolman and finally becoming a detective in the Narcotics Division, including the wide spread corruption that ran rampant throughout the NY City Justice system, of which he became a part of. A gritty look at life on the streets of NYC from the point of view of one sworn to up hold the law .