Brutal is a book about some mobsters who make a living doing illegal activites in Southie (South Boston). The main character, Kevin Weeks, gets into business with a man named Jimmy Bulger. They pretty much run the whole town and tax people who are making money in 'their' city. Every drug dealer, loan shark, or any person who makes any kind of money in their town, has to pay them a certain price. If a person would refuse to pay, then they would simply be killed. Soon the FBI and DEA got wind of what was going on, they started to follow Kevin and Jimmy trying to get evidence on what they do. This only slowed them down, everytime they were going out to do business they would have to loose the agents follwing behind them. One of their business partners Stevie goes to jail and starts to cooperate with the agents. Now Kevin and Jimmy are facing alot of time for the crimes they commited with this man.

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