The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption
Jun 2024 · Macmillan + ORM
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The New York Times bestseller, now a major documentary film: "A page-turner. You start out laughing and end up pounding the table for reform." —Tom Curley, CEO, Associated Press
It's not a joke. 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:
Only in the Soprano State.
"As the writers say, 'You can't make this stuff up.'" — Asbury Park Press
"Their nonfiction tale reads like a pay-per-view epic, hence the Tony title." — Athens Banner-Herald (Georgia)
"A pair of seasoned investigative reporters catalogue New Jersey's epic political dishonesty. Ingle and McClure . . . nail the backroom intrigues in impressive scope and detail." ― Kirkus Reviews
"I was amazed by Ingle and McClure's hilarious story about our state's achievement. Read it and laugh—or cry." —Marvin Kitman, media pathologist, HuffingtonPost.com
It's not a joke. 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.
"As the writers say, 'You can't make this stuff up.'" — Asbury Park Press
"Their nonfiction tale reads like a pay-per-view epic, hence the Tony title." — Athens Banner-Herald (Georgia)
"A pair of seasoned investigative reporters catalogue New Jersey's epic political dishonesty. Ingle and McClure . . . nail the backroom intrigues in impressive scope and detail." ― Kirkus Reviews
"I was amazed by Ingle and McClure's hilarious story about our state's achievement. Read it and laugh—or cry." —Marvin Kitman, media pathologist, HuffingtonPost.com
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December 3, 2024
I absolutely love this a lot and so much with all of this money and wealth that I'm completely so obsessed with it like crazy & I just love money, cash and dollar bills so much in this picture that I want to have me stacks of cash, piles of cash, mountains of cash, thousands of dollars, millions of dollars and even billions of dollars one day in real life so I can be a thousandnaire, a millionaire and a billionaire in life living in luxury, paradise and financial freedom with all of this cash around to play with this money have peace with this money & have good times with all of this money and cash right in my suitcase, briefcase, duffel bag, plastic bag, cardboard box, safe, table, bed, chair, floor, bathroom, backpack, clothes pockets stuffed with money, shirts stuffed with money, money belt, money truck, money gun, raining down dollar bills and cash everywhere, money machine and a wheelbarrow filled up with all of this cash and dollar bills
About the author
Bob Ingle is Trenton bureau chief of Gannett Newspapers. Sandy McClure is a veteran political reporter. Their work is read by more than a million people daily.
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