19-year-old college student Mark Fisher couldn't wait to hit the Big Town. Booze and decadent dreams of beautiful and willing women filled the handsome footballer's mind. But Mark, from an affluent suburb, was unaware of the dark side of New York City night life. After becoming separated from his friends, Mark accepted an invitation to a party from an attractive young lady. It would be the last party of his life. Police found Fisher's beaten body riddled with five bullet holes and dumped on a tree-lined Brooklyn street. For more than a year top investigators worked around the clock to penetrate the wall of silence that surrounded the tightly-knit community where being seen as a "rat" was worse than any crime - including murder. But detectives finally fingered the man who pulled the trigger - the host of the party. John Guica was a self-styled Tony Soprano wannabe whose gang of no-good punks was little more than a neighbourhood laughingstock. But when the perfect victim fell into their hands, Guica and his cohort blasted their way to infamy - and twenty-five years to life in the harsh, unforgiving hell of prison.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
The Truth in answer To Elizabeth Mccabe:
Sorry to have to enlighten you, Elizabeth but Mark Fisher was actually not white and wealthy. He was half Latino as his mom was from Columbia and he was far from wealthy. His father worked two or three jobs for years round the clock to support them and his mom hustled in Real Estate as well to help out. I was their next door neighbor for years and I know that he was far from a spoiled, wealthy brat. He was an angel and they were wonderful hard working people who did not deserve what fate handed out.
Why?:
How can you go to a party with people and by the end of the night you are dead? Kids today just have no morals. Take what I can get However I can get it. That is how it seems to me. Shame on them. A life lost and a decent nice looking guy gone because kids are cruel.
Repetitive, Unorganized & Large Parts Completely Irrelevant:
By the time I was ready to do this review, I found that others had already had said what I had planned to say. And they are dead on target wtih their reviews! The murder of Mark Fisher, a 19 year old Fairfield Univeristy student, was a tragedy, to say the least. Fisher decided, with a group of friends, to venture into "The City" (NYC); a place he had never visited without "adult" supervision. Several years later, the case of Mark Fisher is "solved" with the arrest and conviction of John Giuca &... more info
Let the Truth Be Told:
I personally knew Mark. We grew up together in Byram. The entire notion of this book came as a shock not only to me but also to my friends all of whome were extremely close to Mark. The only way we knew this book existed was that someone happend to chance upon it at the local Wal-Mart. I immediately purchased the book and kept an open mind about it. The first thing that caught my eye was the picture section. My immediate reaction was "Are they serious?" How could you glorify people wearting "Free John... more info
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